Crew Roster · Personal File

Elmer Morgan

2nd Lt. Elmer R. Morgan, serial number O-715708, was a crew member of B-24 serial 42-99949 assigned to the 328th Bombardment Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group.

Morgan was initially reported missing in action on 21 September 1944 following the mid-air collision over Belgium. He was subsequently confirmed killed in action on 21 September 1944 per European Theater of Operations Casualty Shipment 143.

The aircraft went down in flames over Belgium, and the bodies of the crew were found at the crash site. Burial was made at Flanders Field American Cemetery on 24 September 1944.

Killed in Action

Sortie Log

1 CATALOGUED SORTIE
12 SEP 1944

The sorties 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.

8AF Mission
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 626
12 SEP 1944
HemmingstedtO/R
42-94969
§ Interment
Cemetery
Flanders Field American Cemetery
Location
Waregem, Belgium