Charles Speight, US Navy fighter pilot on Lexington and Yorktown
 

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NEW: Navy WWII veteran from Central Georgia dies. Navy fighter pilot Charles Speight died on Monday at 103 years old. Speight served on the USS Lexington until it was hit by the Japanese, then was transferred to the Yorktown after the Iwo Jima invasion. RIP, hero


https://www.macon.com/news/local/article312260529.html
https://www.witnesstowar.org/combat_stories/WWII/8063
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries...ry?id=59557243

https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/...1-b882d41d8f1d

Re: Charles Speight, US Navy fighter pilot on Lexington and Yorktown
 

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#RIP Charles Speight who passed away on Monday at the age of 103. Speight was an F6F Hellcat pilot who flew from USS Lexington until the carrier was heavily damaged in 1944. He then was transferred to USS Yorktown. He was awarded his first of two Distinguished Flying Crosses after shooting down two kamikaze in one day.