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Son of William Francis and Victoria May Wright, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Frederic Herbert Richard Wright
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Frederic Herbert Richard Wright
R/79316 Flt.Sgt.Frederic Herbert Richard Wright Died on Sept.6,1942 when his Wellington IC N2822 code JNF from 20 OTU took off from R.A.F Lossiemouth for a night flying exercise and crashed into the Moray Firth at 22.00 6 miles N of the airfield. All crew members were killed. Fred lived in Montreal and worked for the Montreal Star newspaper. He was one of five children. Parents William Francis & Victoria May Wright. Fred was very active in sports earning him the name of "Flash"
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Frederic Herbert Richard Wright
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Frederic Herbert Richard Wright
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Frederic Herbert Richard Wright
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Frederic Herbert Richard Wright
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Frederic Herbert Richard Wright
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Frederic Herbert Richard Wright
Flight Sergeant Frederic Herbert Richard Wright is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Frederic Herbert Richard Wright
Flight Sergeant Frederic Herbert Richard Wright is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Frederic Herbert Richard Wright
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Frederic Herbert Richard Wright
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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R/79316 Flt.Sgt.Frederic Herbert Richard Wright Died on Sept.6,1942 when his Wellington IC N2822 code JNF from 20 OTU took off from R.A.F Lossiemouth for a night flying exercise and crashed into the Moray Firth at 22.00 6 miles N of the airfield. All crew members were killed. Fred lived in Montreal and worked for the Montreal Star newspaper. He was one of five children. Parents William Francis & Victoria May Wright. Fred was very active in sports earning him the name of "Flash"
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant Frederic Herbert Richard Wright is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant Frederic Herbert Richard Wright is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 126 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
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