World War II Honoree

Theodore Elman

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Rochester, New York

Honored By

Barbara Goldberg

Relationship

Daughter

HE WAS THE NAVIGATOR ON A B-24 LIBERATOR AIRCRAFT. HE AND HIS CREW COMPLETED 51 MISSIONS OVER EUROPE DURING WWII. HE FLEW OUT OF ENGLAND AND ITALY (376TH BOMB GROUP). HE WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS FOR BRAVERY IN HIS MISSIONS OVER THE PLOESTI OIL REFINERIES IN ROMANIA. HE ALSO EARNED THE DISTINGUISHED UNIT BADGE, THE AIR MEDAL WITH 3 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, AND THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL. LATER HE SERVED AT BOWMAN FIELD IN KENTUCKY AS A VOCATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE OFFICER. HE SERVED FROM OCTOBER 1943 UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1945.