World War II Honoree

Francis Allen Francoeur

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Ponca City, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE SHORTLY AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. APPLIED FOR AND WAS ACCEPTED FOR OFFICER TRAINING. UPON COMPLETION OF OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL (OCS), HE WAS COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT. TRAINED AS A B-17 'FLYING FORTRESS' HEAVY BOMBER NAVIGATOR AND AERIAL GUNNER, HE WAS AWARDED HIS SILVER NAVIGATOR WINGS. HE ULTIMATELY BECAME A PILOT. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT THE END OF THE WAR AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.