FLT O Clifford J McElwee (1921-1944)

FLT O Clifford J McElwee Veteran

Birth

1 Apr 1921

Streator, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA

Death

27 Dec 1944 (aged 23)

Mattituck, Suffolk County, New York, USA

Burial

Evergreen Memorial Park

Hobart, Lake County, Indiana, USA Show Map

Plot

Section 5, Lot 205, Grave 10

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Flight Officer McElwee served with the 112th Base Unit from Westover Field, Massachusetts.

He was one of eleven airmen killed in a weather-related crash of B-24J Liberator #42-51034, two miles west of Mattituck, Long Island, New York.

The others killed were:

Flt. Off. Victor F Belotti, Jr., Pilot
Flt. Off. Louis P. Pernala
Flt. Off. William D Sanders
S/Sgt. Nicholas M Carusone
Cpl. John H Benner
Cpl. Vito D Ferraro
Cpl. Joseph Martorana
Cpl. George H Reis, Jr
Cpl. Lawrence L Tench
Cpl. Roger D Westervelt
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Entered the service from Indiana; Service ID: T-134580.

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Parents

Judge Leonard McElwee

1897–1962

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Grace Jean Jeffrey McElwee Voigt Smith

1922–2012

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