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