World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Elmer H. Bemis
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Massachusetts
Honored By
John Meurs
SERVICE NUMBER: 31261913. RADIO OPERATOR WITH THE 491ST BOMB GROUP, 853RD BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH ARMY AIR FORCE, BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS BOMBER (THE B-24 FIREBIRD WITH THE SERIAL # 42-110167), ON A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT IN MISBURG, GERMANY, WAS ATTACKED JUST AFTER BOMBING BY GERMAN FIGHTERS. THE BOMBER CRASHED NEAR BREDENBECK, GERMANY AND HE WAS KILLED.