Dick Best

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dick Best
Occupation	Pilot
Date Of Birth	Mar 24, 1910(1910-03-24)
Age	114
Date Of Death	October 28, 2001, Santa Monica, CA
Birthplace	Bayonne
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Aries

Dick Best Biography

Dick Best is one of the most popular and richest Pilot who was born on March 24, 1910 in Bayonne, New Jersey, United States.

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 two Japanese aircraft carriers in one day, before being medically retired that same year due to damaging his lungs breathing bad oxygen during the battle.

Richard H. Best was appointed to the United States Naval Academy (USNA) in

1928. Having graduated with honors in 1932, he served for two years aboard the light cruiser USS Richmond. In 1934 he was transferred to the Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, as a naval aviation student. He completed his flight training in December 1935. His first assignment was Fighting Squadron Two (VF-2B) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lexington, flying the Grumman F2F.

Dick Best Net Worth

Dick Best is one of the richest Pilot from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dick Best 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Richard Halsey Best was born on March 24, 1910 in Bayonne, New Jersey, to Frank Ellsworth Best and Euretta L. Halsey. His grandparents were Richard James Best and Mary Ora Butler of New York, and William H. Halsey and Gusta Love of New Jersey. Richard married Doris Avis Albro on June 24, 1932 in Washington, D.C.

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After contact reports from Midway-based PBY Catalina patrol aircraft on the morning of June 4, 1942, Enterprise started to launch her air group starting at 07:06. Under the overall command of the air group commander (CEAG) Lt.Cdr. Wade McClusky were 14 TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bombers of Torpedo Squadron 6 (VT-6), 34 SBDs of VB-6 and VS-6, and ten F4F-4 Wildcat fighters of Fighting Squadron 6 (VF-6). However, the squadrons became separated and reached the Japanese independently. Only the dive bombers stayed together and reached the Japanese by 09:55. At about 10:22, the Enterprise dive bombers (minus three that had dropped out with engine trouble) started to attack the two nearest Japanese carriers, Kaga and Akagi.

Facts & Trivia

Dirk Ranked on the list of most popular Pilot. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Dick Best celebrates birthday on March 24 of every year.

Best was transferred from Pearl Harbor Hospital to Fitzsimons General Hospital in Aurora, Colorado, where he received proper treatment for his tuberculosis. Best was hospitalized in Fitzsimons Hospital until September 1943. He retired from the U.S. Navy in 1944 with a 100% disability.

What did Richard Best inhale?

While flying the first mission during the Battle of Midway, a faulty oxygen canister had created gases that turned to caustic soda. He had breathed in the soda to clear it out. And the caustic soda, he was told, had activated latent tuberculosis. “I knew my career was dead,” Best told Portz.

Is Richard Best related to Admiral Halsey?

He died on October 28, 2001, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Best was married to Doris Avis (Albrio) (1914-1968) and had a daughter (Barbara Ann Llewellyn), a son (Richard Halsey Best II) a grandson , and a step-daughter (Amy Best). Best was 91 years old.

Who destroys the last Japanese carrier?

In the four-day sea and air battle, the outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircraft carriers with the loss of only one of its own, the Yorktown, thus reversing the tide against the previously invincible Japanese navy.

Who sank Akagi?

The loss of Akagi and three other IJN carriers at Midway was a crucial strategic defeat for Japan and contributed significantly to the Allies’ ultimate victory in the Pacific. Her wreck was located in October 2019 by the Research Vessel Petrel.

How old is Barbara Ann Llewellyn?

Barbara Ann Llewellyn LibrarianBarbara Ann Llewellyn, 68, a Rockville resident who retired as a librarian from the Rand Corp., died June 12 of sepsis at Montgomery General Hospital. She was born in San Diego, the daughter of a naval aviator. Prior to the outbreak of World War II, her father, Richard H.