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Re: Charles Speight, US Navy fighter pilot on Lexington and Yorktown
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U.S. Naval Institute
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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.
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