RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Wright, John Edgar (Jack)

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Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Wright
  • FORENAME
John Edgar (Jack)
  • UNIT
138 Squadron (R.C.A.F.)
  • RANK
Flying Officer
  • NUMBER
J/26422
  • DATE OF DEATH
4th March 1944
  • AGE
20
  • GRAVESITE
Ste Croix Communal Cemetery,France Row 1 Grave 9
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Lilac,Saskatchewan,Canada
born 3.3.1909 Keppel,Grey County,Ontario,Canada (can't have been 22)
son of Robert James and Margaret Annette (nee Vanstone) Wright,near Denholm,Saskatchewan,Canada
husband of Eunice Della (nee Klassen) Wright,Lilac,Saskatchewan,Canada (1 son David John)
educated Barleston,Denholm,Ruddell and Battleford Collegiate
National elevator agent,Lilac prewar ("grain buyer" in one source)
Wright Island,Kamuchawie Lake named in his memory
enlisted 21.1.1942 Saskatoon,Saskatchewan
air bomber
SOE Op.John 23,France
Halifax LL279
believed crashed Bernay area,Eure,France
 
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