Salvatore Saint Elmo
Military
New Haven Register
Object Number - UPL 51101 - New Haven Register reporting my father MIA before much later updating to captured and held as POW.
Assigned to 18BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 30-May-44 in B-24 41-28840. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR
"After successfully delivering 5th payload over Germany in preparation for D-Day, B-24 which had been hit by flak, did not make it out of Germany. Crew all successfully parachuted from failing plane and all returned home after individual ordeals of capture or hiding with Underground Resistance Fighters.
Dad's POW Camp was LIBERATED by Canadians. He had survived the Black March and other depravities being found at 95 pounds. He as all POW's of WWII was not treated for psychological wounds incurred from captivity during which multiple war crimes by German Guards were committed. "
Awards: AM, GC, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: L.O.N.I. League of Nations, Incorporated
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Sicily, Italy | 1 November 1919 | Son of Louis Elmo. |
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Enlisted |
Hartford, CT | 13 January 1943 | Hartford, Connecticut |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 30 May 1944 | After successfully delivering 5th payload over Germany in preparation for D-Day, B-24 which had had been hit by flack, did not make it out of Germany. Crew all successfully parachuted from failing plane and all returned home after individual ordeals of capture or hiding with Underground Resistance Fighters. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
6 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
4 September 2013 | ||
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Buried |
All Saints Cemetery North Haven, New Haven County, CT | 7 September 2013 | All Saints Cemetery North Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut |
Revisions
Recall Dad stating this location as base. David Elmo, 2nd son of Staff Sargent Salvatore S Elmo.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5238 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
