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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Francis A. Goplen

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Chicago, Illinois

Honored By

Gene & Mary Moxley

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

LIEUTENANT. CO-PILOT ON B-24 'SECTION EIGHT'. SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 55TH BOMB WING, 465TH BOMB GROUP, 783RD SQUADRON. STATIONED AT PANTANELLA AIR BASE ITALY. SHOT DOWN ON 19 JULY 1944 AND HELD AS PRISONER OF WAR. LIBERATED IN 1945.