Frank Wead

Frank Wead

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.

Read more about Frank Wead:  Military Service, Accident, World War II and Retirement, Legacy, Filmography

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    “Chaste to her husband, frank to all beside,
    A teeming mistress, but a barren bride.”
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