REMAINS OF WORLD WAR II BOMBER CREW IDENTIFIED AND RETURNED
The remains of a ten-man U.S. Army Air Corps bomber crew, missing in action from World War II, have been recovered, identified and returned to their families in the United States.
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Staff Sergeant Salvatore J. Elhai, Brooklyn, N.Y.;
On March 5, 1944, ... was piloting the B-24 on a bombing mission against Japanese targets over the Hansa Bay area of Papua New Guinea. The aircraft and crew disappeared on that mission in heavy thunderstorms.
No radio transmissions were ever received from the crew, and subsequent searches did not locate them. After the war, U.S. Army graves registration teams conducted wide searches in New Guinea without success.
Salvatore J. Elhai, Brooklyn, N.Y.;
For the complete release see:
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2001/b11262001_bt600-01....NOTE: Not a relative, and have no additional information.