Born: April 13, 1923
First Lieutenant, United States Air Force Service# AO928515 PILOT, BOEING B-29A SUPERFORTRESS #44-61835
“DRAGON LADY” 30TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (MEDIUM),
19TH BOMBER WING, FIFTH AIR FORCE Date of Enlistment: February 3, 1943
Home or Place of Enlistment: Boise, Idaho Date of Loss: April 12, 1951 Location: Suwon Airfield (K-13), South Korea Buried: Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho |
First Lieutenant Wright was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 30th Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Wing based at Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa. On April 12, 1951, while on the Yalu Railroad Bridge bombing mission, Lt. Wright and the bombardier, Capt. Harold R. Sproul, were killed when the aircraft took a hit from enemy MiGs on the left side of the cockpit. The co-pilot continued to fly the plane, continuing on to drop its bombs on target. He then flew the plane back to base and made a crash landing at the Suwon Airfield (K-13).
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