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Frank Wead (1895-1947)

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Born:
October 24, 1895

Died:
November 15, 1947

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Original Story:
1938  Test Pilot

Screenplay:
1932  Air Mail
1933  Midshipman Jack
1935  Murder in the Fleet
1935  Storm Over the Andes
1935  The Great Impersonation
1935  West Point of the Air
1936  Ceiling Zero
1936  China Clipper
1937  Sea Devils
1937  Submarine D-1
1938  Test Pilot
1938  The Citadel
1941  Dive Bomber
1943  Destroyer
1945  They Were Expendable
1947  Blaze of Noon

Story:
1929  The Flying Fleet
1931  Dirigible
1932  Air Mail
1933  Midshipman Jack
1934  I'll Tell the World
1935  Murder in the Fleet
1935  Storm Over the Andes
1935  Stranded
1935  The Great Impersonation
1935  West Point of the Air
1936  Ceiling Zero
1936  China Clipper
1937  Sea Devils
1937  Submarine D-1
1938  Test Pilot
1938  The Citadel
1939  20,000 Men a Year
1941  Dive Bomber
1941  I Wanted Wings
1943  Destroyer
1945  They Were Expendable
1947  Blaze of Noon

Theatre Play:
1929  The Flying Fleet
1931  Dirigible
1932  Air Mail
1933  Midshipman Jack
1934  I'll Tell the World
1935  Murder in the Fleet
1935  Storm Over the Andes
1935  Stranded
1935  The Great Impersonation
1935  West Point of the Air
1936  Ceiling Zero
1936  China Clipper
1937  Sea Devils
1937  Submarine D-1
1938  Test Pilot
1938  The Citadel
1939  20,000 Men a Year
1941  Dive Bomber
1941  I Wanted Wings
1943  Destroyer
1945  They Were Expendable
1947  Blaze of Noon

Treatment:
1929  The Flying Fleet
1931  Dirigible
1932  Air Mail
1933  Midshipman Jack
1934  I'll Tell the World
1935  Murder in the Fleet
1935  Storm Over the Andes
1935  Stranded
1935  The Great Impersonation
1935  West Point of the Air
1936  Ceiling Zero
1936  China Clipper
1937  Sea Devils
1937  Submarine D-1
1938  A Yank at Oxford
1938  Test Pilot
1938  The Citadel
1939  20,000 Men a Year
1941  Dive Bomber
1941  I Wanted Wings
1943  Destroyer
1945  They Were Expendable
1947  Blaze of Noon

Writer:
1929  The Flying Fleet
1931  Dirigible
1932  Air Mail
1932  The All-American
1933  Midshipman Jack
1934  I'll Tell the World
1935  Murder in the Fleet
1935  Storm Over the Andes
1935  Stranded
1935  The Great Impersonation
1935  West Point of the Air
1936  Ceiling Zero
1936  China Clipper
1937  Sea Devils
1937  Submarine D-1
1938  A Yank at Oxford
1938  Test Pilot
1938  The Citadel
1939  20,000 Men a Year
1939  Tail Spin
1940  Moon Over Burma
1941  Dive Bomber
1941  I Wanted Wings
1943  Destroyer
1945  They Were Expendable
1946  The Hoodlum Saint
1947  Blaze of Noon
1947  The Beginning or the End
1957  The Wings of Eagles

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