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Son of William and Agnes Wright; husband of Evelyn Wright, of Langley Prairie, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer William John Louis Wright
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William John Louis Wright
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William John Louis Wright
RCAF photo
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William John Louis Wright
Photo courtesy Regis Biaux,France, and Pierre Vandervelden, Belgium, of www.inmemories.com
On 31 July 1944, the crew of Halifax LV 950 was airborne at 2151 from their base at RAF Leeming on a mission to attack the V-1 Site at Couqereaux. They failed to return from the operation and later word was received through the International Red Cross that the aircraft had crashed behind German lines and all the crew were killed. They rest together in a plot in the St-Martin-au-Bosc Communal Cemetery. They were:
P/Os John R. Irish (P); John A. Santo (N); Hugh B. Gilmore (AG); P/O (AG) Gordon Lindensmith (AG)
F/Os (WAG) Wm. J. Wright (WAG); John E. Gloeckler (BA) and RAF P/O Reg. T. Walsham (FE).
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Pilot Officer William John Louis Wright
Photo of grave marker courtesy of Kelvin Youngs, Aircrew Remembered
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William John Louis 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
Pilot Officer William John Louis Wright
Pilot Officer William John Louis Wright is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William John Louis Wright
Pilot Officer William John Louis Wright is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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RCAF photo
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Photo courtesy Regis Biaux,France, and Pierre Vandervelden, Belgium, of www.inmemories.com On 31 July 1944, the crew of Halifax LV 950 was airborne at 2151 from their base at RAF Leeming on a mission to attack the V-1 Site at Couqereaux. They failed to return from the operation and later word was received through the International Red Cross that the aircraft had crashed behind German lines and all the crew were killed. They rest together in a plot in the St-Martin-au-Bosc Communal Cemetery. They were: P/Os John R. Irish (P); John A. Santo (N); Hugh B. Gilmore (AG); P/O (AG) Gordon Lindensmith (AG) F/Os (WAG) Wm. J. Wright (WAG); John E. Gloeckler (BA) and RAF P/O Reg. T. Walsham (FE).
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Photo of grave marker courtesy of Kelvin Youngs, Aircrew Remembered
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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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Pilot Officer William John Louis Wright is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer William John Louis Wright is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 484 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ST. MARTIN-AU-BOSC COMMUNAL CEMETERY Seine-Maritime, France
St. Martin-au-Bosc is a village and commune 42 kilometres east-south-east of Dieppe, and 11 kilometres south of Blangy, where the Le Treport-Aumale-Paris road (N.15 bis) crosses the Rouen to Abbeville road (N.28). The cemetery is on the south-east side of the village, down a rough track, 600 yards from the church. Near, and south-east of the crucifix in the centre of the cemetery are the graves of 1 officer of the Royal Air Force and 6 officers of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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