World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Elm H. Halprin
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Los Angeles, California
Honored By
William L. Beigel
SECOND LIEUTENANT. ASSIGNED TO 456TH BOMB GROUP, 746TH BOMB SQUADRON, AS A NAVIGATOR. ON JULY 25, 1944, HIS B-24 LEFT ON A MISSION BUT SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING THE BASE, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED PROBLEMS WITH THE THE NO. 1 ENGINE. THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NEED TO ABORT THE MISSION. HEADED THE PLANE TOWARDS THE ADRIATIC SEA TO SALVO THE BOMB LOAD. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER, AND CRASHED SOUTH OF ZAPPONETTA, ITALY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION.