# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-halsey-best
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:08:56.513Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-halsey-best"
name: "Richard Halsey Best"
slug: "richard-halsey-best"
description: "Richard Halsey Best 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. His lungs were damaged by caustic soda fumes during the fight, leading to his medical retirement several months later."
tagline: "US Navy pilot (1910-2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Halsey_Best.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
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  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1910-03-24"
deathDate: "2001-10-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.158057736975998
  historical:           13.652672
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump