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The Reaper Catches Up
In Trabuco Canyon, California
April 15,
The Legend Continues
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Dodging a Bullet
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Frank Tallman
American aviator (–)
Frank Gifford Tallman III (April 17, in East Orange, New Jersey – April 15, in Santiago Peak, Trabuco Canyon, California) was a stunt pilot who worked in Hollywood during the s and s. He was the son of Frank Gifford Tallman, Jr. ( – ) and Inez Evelyn Foster ( – ).
Early life
[edit]Tallman had a twin sister named Elizabeth. When Elizabeth was about 7, she died of a combination of pneumonia and measles. That same year Frank's sister Prudence was born. He also had one brother, Foster. Frank Tallman's father had been a military pilot during World War I. Tallman took his first plane ride in his father's lap at the age of five. As a teenager he took flying lessons and became a pilot. When World War II started, Tallman tried to enter the military as a pilot, but his application was declined due to his lack of the required two years of college. He worked for a time as a civilian pilot instructor and later in the war was able to join the U.S. Navy when they relaxed their education requirements. Tallman remained stateside until the end of the war.
Postwar
[edit]Tallman remained in the United States Navy Reserve after the war and started a business in Illinois. He acquired a collection of pre aircraft and supplemented the collection with
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