The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
2nd Lt. Elmer T. Benjaris served as bombardier of B-24H 42-51078 on the 17 January 1945 mission to Harburg. He was listed as missing in action on the original MACR, with his status later updated to returned to duty.
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 17 Jan 1945
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 798
17 Jan 1945
Harburg
“Ole Mort”
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Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1945
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1945
Official record