World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
John Allen Franciscus
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri
Honored By
Pearl Thomas
He was stationed in Canada and was a pilot with the rank of Captain. On May 24, 1942, he was on a Lockheed C40-D taking him and other pilots from Bolling Field, District of Columbia, to Houlton Air Force Base, Maine. The pilots were to ferry bombers across the Atlantic. The Lockheed commuter plane crashed 5 miles northeast of Howe Brook, Maine, killing all on board.