Richard Halsey Best, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Richard Halsey Best

US Navy pilot

Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1910

Place of Birth: Bayonne, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 28-Oct-2001

Profession: aircraft pilot, soldier

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Richard Halsey Best

  • Richard Halsey Best (March 24, 1910 – October 28, 2001) was a dive bomber pilot and squadron commander in the United States Navy during World War II.
  • Stationed on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, Best led his dive bomber squadron at the 1942 Battle of Midway, sinking one Japanese aircraft carrier and potentially damaging another, before being medically retired with tuberculosis that same year.

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