Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Memorial – Flying Officer Elmer Oscar Aaron is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB

Memorial – Flying Officer Elmer Oscar Aaron is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB

Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB

Photo of ELMER OSCAR AARON – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of ELMER OSCAR AARON – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of ELMER OSCAR AARON – West Philadelphia High School Yearbook, Class of 1939

Photo of ELMER OSCAR AARON – West Philadelphia High School Yearbook 1939. Elmer is in both photographs.

Document – This was the inside cover of the West Philadelphia High School 1939 yearbook. Elmer Aaron created this ironically poignant work as part of the yearbook staff. Elmer wanted to become an artist and had his life taken trying to protect the free world. Several of his beloved 1939 classmates suffered the same tragic fate as Elmer. Elmer was a true hero.

Photo of Elmer Aaron – Elmer Aaron is honoured on page 4 of the memorial book, CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties, compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact: The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada) telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 facsimile: 514-931-0548 website: www.cjc.ca