Frank Wilbur Wead

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Frank Wilbur Wead was a U.S. Navy aviator and pioneering aviation advocate who later became a Hollywood screenwriter, notably collaborating with director John Ford.

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Frank Wilbur Wead canonical 1

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instanceOf United States Navy officer ⓘ
aviator ⓘ
human ⓘ
military aviation pioneer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
collaboratedWith John Ford ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
familyName Wead ⓘ
fullName Frank Wilbur Wead NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre aviation film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
givenName Frank ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Navy ⓘ
notableFor Hollywood aviation-themed screenplays ⓘ
advocacy of aviation ⓘ
being portrayed in the film "The Wings of Eagles" ⓘ
collaboration with director John Ford ⓘ
pioneering U.S. naval aviation ⓘ
notableWork Air Mail ⓘ
Air Mail (film story basis) ⓘ
linked to: Air Mail

Air Mail (screenplay) ⓘ
linked to: Air Mail

Ceiling Zero ⓘ
Ceiling Zero (play and screenplay) ⓘ
Ceiling Zero (play) ⓘ
Ceiling Zero (screenplay) ⓘ
China Clipper ⓘ
China Clipper (film story basis) ⓘ
linked to: China Clipper

China Clipper (story) ⓘ
linked to: China Clipper

Dirigible ⓘ
Dirigible (film story basis) ⓘ
linked to: Dirigible

Dirigible (story) ⓘ
linked to: Dirigible

Dive Bomber ⓘ
Dive Bomber (film story basis) ⓘ
Dive Bomber (screenplay) ⓘ
Hell Divers ⓘ
Hell Divers (film story basis) ⓘ
linked to: Hell Divers

Hell Divers (story) ⓘ
linked to: Hell Divers

I Wanted Wings ⓘ
I Wanted Wings (screenplay) ⓘ
linked to: I Wanted Wings

Submarine D-1 ⓘ
Submarine D-1 (film story basis) ⓘ
Submarine D-1 (story) ⓘ
Test Pilot ⓘ
Test Pilot (film story basis) ⓘ
Test Pilot (screenplay) ⓘ
The Big House ⓘ
The Big House (film story basis) ⓘ
The Big House (story) ⓘ
The Big Parade of Comedy ⓘ
The Big Parade of Comedy (film segment basis) ⓘ
The Big Parade of Comedy (segment source) ⓘ
The Citadel ⓘ
The Citadel (screenplay adaptation) ⓘ
The Citadel (screenplay) ⓘ
The Crowd Roars ⓘ
The Crowd Roars (film story basis) ⓘ
linked to: The Crowd Roars

The Crowd Roars (story) ⓘ
linked to: The Crowd Roars

The Flying Fleet ⓘ
The Flying Fleet (film story basis) ⓘ
linked to: The Flying Fleet

The Flying Fleet (story) ⓘ
linked to: The Flying Fleet

The Last Gangster ⓘ
The Last Gangster (film story basis) ⓘ
linked to: The Last Gangster

The Last Gangster (story) ⓘ
linked to: The Last Gangster

The Lost Squadron ⓘ
The Lost Squadron (film story basis) ⓘ
The Lost Squadron (story) ⓘ
The White Parade ⓘ
The White Parade (film story basis) ⓘ
linked to: The White Parade

The White Parade (story) ⓘ
They Were Expendable ⓘ
They Were Expendable (film story basis) ⓘ
They Were Expendable (screenplay) ⓘ
West Point of the Air ⓘ
West Point of the Air (film story basis) ⓘ
West Point of the Air (story) ⓘ
Wings for the Eagle ⓘ
Wings for the Eagle (screenplay) ⓘ
Wings of the Navy ⓘ
Wings of the Navy (film story basis) ⓘ
linked to: Wings of the Navy

Wings of the Navy (story) ⓘ
linked to: Wings of the Navy
occupation aviation advocate ⓘ
naval aviator ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ

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Frank Wead → fullName → Frank Wilbur Wead ⓘ