Robert Francis (actor)
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Robert Charles Francis was an American actor. He appeared in only four Hollywood films, all with military themes, before he was killed at age 25 in the crash of a small airplane he was piloting.
Robert Francis in 1955 at age 25
Robert Francis as Willie Keith in The Caine Mutiny
Beechcraft Bonanza
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The Beechcraft Bonanza is an American general aviation aircraft introduced in 1947 by Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. The four-to-six seat, single-engined aircraft has been in continuou
Robert Francis (actor)
…never make. A little more than a week before his departure for the Tribute to a Bad Man film set, on July 31, 1955, Francis was piloting a borrowed Beechcraft Bonanza belonging to fellow actor Joe Kirkwood Jr. Also on board were Kirkwood's business partner, George Meyer, 38, a commercial pilot who had flown B-29…
Beech S35 Bonanza
A 1947 advertisement for the first Model 35 Bonanza
1965 S35 V-tailed Bonanza
BE33 (N567M) at Cambridge Bay Airport Nunavut, Canada