Harold L. Spears

Harold L. Spears
Harold L. Spears
Capt. Harold L. Spears
Born(1919-12-31)December 31, 1919
Ironton, Ohio
DiedDecember 6, 1944(1944-12-06) (aged 24)
Laguna Beach, California
Buried
Woodland Cemetery, Ironton, Ohio
AllegianceUnited States
Branch
United States Marine Corps
Service years
1941–1944
Rank
Captain
Service number0-12841
UnitVMF-215

Harold Leman Spears (December 31, 1919 – December 6, 1944) was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II.[1][2][3][4]

Spears died in December 1944 when the Douglas SBD Dauntless he was flying on crashed.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Barrett Tillman (1 July 1996). Vought F4U Corsair – WarbirdTech Vol 4. Specialty Press. pp. 75–. ISBN 978-1-58007-212-0.
  2. ↑ Barrett Tillman (20 May 2014). US Marine Corps Fighter Squadrons of World War II. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 235–. ISBN 978-1-78200-953-5.
  3. ↑ Walter A. Musciano (1979). Corsair aces: the bent-wing bird over the Pacific. Arco Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-668-04597-1.
  4. ↑ Peter B. Mersky (1983). U.S. Marine Corps aviation: 1912 to the present. Nautical & Aviation Pub. Co. of America. pp. 92–. ISBN 978-0-933852-39-6.
  5. ↑ Tillman (2014). p. 224.
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