Aaron Elmer Oscar

Monuments

ISOB Elmer O. Aaron

Canada's Bomber Command Memorial Panels

Name:

Elmer Oscar Aaron

Rank:

Flight Officer

Serial Number:

J/25067

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Date of Death:

1944-05-08

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Grand Cimetière d'Orleans, Orleans, Departement du Loiret, Centre, France

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Coll. grave 16-27

Decoration:

Comments:

Elmer Oscar Aaron, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was born on September 13, 1920, in Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was the son of Harry and Jeanne Aaron.

Elmer enlisted on April 11, 1942, in Montreal, Quebec, and served in the #106 Squadron (Pro Libertate), Royal Canadian Air Force, during World War II. At the time of his death, he was serving as the Bombardier on the Avro Lancaster B I #LL891 ZN°B. On May 8, 1944, his crew took off at 22h19 at RAF Metheringham to bomb an ammo depot in Salbris, France. Due to an unknown circumstance, their aircraft crashed 7 km northeast of Romorantin-Lanthenay, France. All of the 8 crew members were killed in this incident.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, francecrashes39-45.net, www.veterans.gc.ca