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Allan Wright was born on 12 February, 1920 in Teignmouth, Devon, is a Group Captain Allan Richard Wright. Discover Allan Wright's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 95 years old?
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12 February 1920 |
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Teignmouth, Devon |
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16 September, 2015 |
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Allan Wright Net Worth
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Timeline
His father had been in the Royal Flying Corps from 1916 and retired from the RAF in 1943.
Group Captain Allan Richard Wright, (12 February 1920 – 16 September 2015) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War.
Wright scored 11 kills, three shared kills, five probable kills and seven damaged against the German Luftwaffe, and was one of the last surviving airmen called The Few who served in the Battle of Britain.
Wright was born in Devon on 12 February 1920.
Wright entered Royal Air Force College Cranwell as a flight cadet in April 1938.
After training, Wright was posted to No. 92 Squadron RAF at RAF Tangmere on 29 October 1939 flying Bristol Blenheim night fighters.
On 8 March 1940, the squadron converted to Spitfires.
Wright flew his first combat mission on 23 May 1940 over Dunkirk and claimed a probable Messerschmitt Bf 110 destroyed and two damaged.
The following day Wright added one confirmed Bf 110 and one 'probable' Bf 110 and on 2 June a Messerschmitt Bf 109.
He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) on 22 October 1940.
"On night in August 1940, this officer displayed great determination and skill in destroying a Heinkel 111, under difficult conditions. Pilot Officer Wright has consistently shown a keen desire to engage the enemy on all occasions. He has brought down a total of four enemy aircraft and has badly damaged four more."
On 6 December 1940 Wright destroyed a Messerschmitt Bf 109.
On the arrival of the aircraft into the squadron in 1940, Wright was the first pilot to fly it to ensure everything was correct.
By July 1941 Wright had received a Bar to his DFC.
He was posted to No. 59 Operational Training Unit in July 1941.
Service with RAF Fighter Command HQ and as an instructor followed until being posted to No. 29 Squadron RAF at RAF West Malling in March 1943, whereas a night fighter he had his last confirmed kill – a Junkers Ju 88 on 3 April.
For the remainder of the war, Wright worked on training and fighter tactics.
He became chief instructor at the Pilot Gunnery Instructor Wing of the Central Gunnery School based at RAF Sutton Bridge and later commanded the Air Fighting Development Unit at RAF Wittering.
In early 1945, Wright was transferred to RAF El Bellah in Egypt where he commanded the fighter wing of the Middle East Advanced Bombing and Gunnery School.
Remaining in the RAF post-war, he retired as a group captain on 12 February 1967.
In 1999, Wright attended a Time Team excavation in Wierre-Effroy in France.
The episode focused on excavating a Mark 1 Spitfire (P9373) as flown by fellow 92 Squadron pilot Paul Klipsch.
During the Battle of Britain he shared a Heinkel He 111 destroyed on 14 August, a Heinkel He 111 of Kampfgeschwader 27 (KG 27) at night over Bristol on 29 August, a Heinkel He 111 and Messerschmitt Bf 109 'probable' on 11 September, a Messerschmitt Bf 109 damaged on the 14th, a Messerschmitt Bf 109 'probable' on the 15th, a Junkers Ju 88 'probable' on the 19th, a Dornier Do 17 on the 26th, a Junkers Ju 88 on the 27th, and two Messerschmitt Bf 109's on the 30th.
On 30 September he was shot down and wounded near Brighton by a Messerschmitt Bf 109 of Jagdgeschwader 27 (JG 27) and hospitalised.
