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Earl Winfield Spencer Jr. (September 20, 1888 – May 29, 1950) was a U.S. Navy pilot who served as the first commanding officer of Naval Air Station San Diego. He was the first husband of Wallis Simpson, who later married Edward VIII .
8 de nov. de 2021 · Learn how Wallis Simpson met and married the aviator Earl Winfield Spencer Jr in 1916, and how their relationship deteriorated due to his drinking and cruelty. Read part one of this two-part article based on Wallis's memoir The Heart Has Its Reasons.
In April 1916, Wallis met Earl Winfield Spencer Jr., a US Navy aviator, in Pensacola, Florida, while visiting her cousin Corinne Mustin. It was at this time that Wallis witnessed two airplane crashes about two weeks apart, resulting in a lifelong fear of flying. [20]
When Captain Earl Winfield Spencer Jr. was born on 20 September 1888, in Kinsley, Edwards, Kansas, United States, his father, Earl Winfield Spencer, was 36 and his mother, Agnes Lucy Marian Hughes, was 29. He married Bessie Wallis Warfield on 8 November 1916, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
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Wallis conheceu em 1916 Earl Winfield Spencer Jr., aviador da Marinha dos Estados Unidos, enquanto visitava sua prima Corinne Mustin em Pensacola, Flórida. [17] Foi nessa época que ela testemunhou dois acidentes aéreos em duas semanas, criando um permanente medo de voar. [ 18 ]
Earl Winfield Spencer Jr. (Kinsley, Kansas; 20 de septiembre de 1888-Coronado, California; 29 de mayo de 1950) fue un piloto de la Marina de Estados Unidos que sirvió como primer comandante de la Base Aeronaval de North Island en San Diego, California.
