Frank Wead
Biography
From Wikipedia Frank Wilbur "Spig" Wead (born October 24, 1895, in Peoria, Illinois – died November 15, 1947, in Santa Monica, California) was a U.S. Navy aviator turned screenwriter who helped promote United States Naval aviation from its inception through World War II.
Known For
They Were Expendable
The Wings of Eagles
A Yank at Oxford
Dive Bomber
Dirigible
I'll Tell the World
The Beginning or the End
Test Pilot
Murder in the Fleet
The Citadel
I Wanted Wings
West Point of the Air
Destroyer
Storm Over the Andes
20,000 Men a Year
Blaze of Noon
The All-American
The Hoodlum Saint