Who is Frankie Atkinson as remembered in the nonfiction book, All They Will Call You?

Frankie is the pilot of the Douglas D3 plane that crashed in Los Gatos. He is featured prominently in the book, from the time that he was a child surviving the Great Depression. From a young age, Frankie knew he wanted to be a pilot, though he got slightly off-track during his relationship with Dottie. When World War II started and the U.S. got involved, the young Frankie enlists and is eventually appointed to the Air Force. He is stationed in India for most of the war, and returns in 1947 to fly commercial airlines and to get married to his sweetheart, Bobbie. Frankie and Bobbie are expecting a baby at the time of their deaths.