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.
1957The Wings of EaglesMovieWriter
1947Blaze of NoonMovieScreenplay1947The Beginning or the EndMovieWriter1946The Hoodlum SaintMovieWriter1945They Were ExpendableMovieScreenplay1943DestroyerMovieStory · Screenplay1941Dive BomberMovieScreenplay · Story1941I Wanted WingsMovieStory
1940Moon Over BurmaMovieWriter193920,000 Men a YearMovieStory1939Tail SpinMovieWriter1938The CitadelMovieScreenplay1938Test PilotMovieOriginal Story1938A Yank at OxfordMovieTreatment1937Submarine D-1MovieStory · Screenplay
1937Sea DevilsMovieScreenplay1936China ClipperMovieScreenplay1936Ceiling ZeroMovieScreenplay · Theatre Play
1935The Great ImpersonationMovieScreenplay1935StrandedMovieStory1935Murder in the FleetMovieScreenplay
1935Storm Over the AndesMovieScreenplay
1935West Point of the AirMovieScreenplay
1934I'll Tell the WorldMovieStory
1933Midshipman JackMovieScreenplay1932Air MailMovieScreenplay · Story
1932The All-AmericanMovieWriter1931DirigibleMovieStory1929The Flying FleetMovieStory