A Sober Day, April 20, 1944
Capt. Elkin L. Franklin, Jr., Operations Officer of the 404th Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group (now the 142nd Fighter Wing), Killed in Action while on detached service with the 57th Fighter Group on April 20, 1944 over Italy. (Source: The Story of the 371st Fighter Group in the E.T.O., via Francis E. Madore)