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Frank Wilbur "Spig" Wead (born Octo, in Peoria, Illinois – died Novem, in Santa Monica, California) was a U.S. Navy aviator turned.

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The Wings Of Eagles (1957)
Directed by John Ford

Plot Summary: A biography of Navy flier-turned-screenwriter Frank W. "Spig" Wead.

If John Ford hadn't made THE WINGS OF EAGLES, Commander Frank W.

'Spig' Wead would be best known today for the impressive collection of military-oriented stories he wrote for motion pictures, during the 30s and 40s. Among his credits are HELL DIVERS (with Wallace Beery and Clark Gable), TEST PILOT (with Gable and Spencer Tracy), DIVE BOMBER (with Errol Flynn and Fred MacMurray), and THEY WERE EXPENDABLE (for John Ford, with John Wayne and Robert Montgomery).

He brought to his writing a love of flying, pride in the military, and an understanding that a 'greater good' must sometimes take precedence over personal happiness.

In THE WINGS OF EAGLES, director Ford illustrates how Wead's life was every bit as interesting and dramatic as anything he wrote.

A close personal friend (so much so that he even cast Ward Bond to play a thinly-disguis