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Harold L. Spears
Capt. Harold L. Spears
Born	(1919-12-31)December 31, 1919 Ironton, Ohio
Died	December 6, 1944(1944-12-06) (aged 24) Laguna Beach, California
Buried	Woodland Cemetery, Ironton, Ohio
Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	United States Marine Corps
Years of service	1941–1944
Rank	Captain
Service number	0-12841
Unit	VMF-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] He died in a flying accident.

References

^ Barrett Tillman (1 July 1996). Vought F4U Corsair – WarbirdTech Vol 4. Specialty Press. pp. 75–. ISBN 978-1-58007-212-0.
^ Barrett Tillman (20 May 2014). US Marine Corps Fighter Squadrons of World War II. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 235–. ISBN 978-1-78200-953-5.
^ Walter A. Musciano (1979). Corsair aces: the bent-wing bird over the Pacific. Arco Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-668-04597-1.
^ 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.

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Harold L. Spears at Find a Grave

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