Edwin D Wright
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 25921
Crew # 13, 708th Sqdn, 447th Bomb Group. Rattlesden, UK 1944.
Ed Wright was the captain of the bombing mission on which he was killed, May 12, 1944. My uncle, SSgt William James McQuoid, Jr. was the tail gunner on that mission. Some of the crew must have been replaced because they were on leave. Unsure. This is the data concerning the B-17 on which Ed Wright was captain when he was killed:
Aircraft No. 42-107020:
Delivered Cheyenne 27/1/44; Kearney 14/2/44; Grenier 7/3/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 11/3/44; transferred 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 12/3/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Edwin Wright, Co-pilot: Capt George Hughes, Navigator: Wray Hylton, Bombardier: Nick Dekoning, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Williams, Radio Operator: Rudi Palumbo, Waist gunner: Bernie McDonald, Waist gunner: Clarry Brown,Tail gunner: Bill McQuoid (9 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Bob Johnston (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft badly damaged ship, two engines KOd, crashed Reinachmuhle near Ailingen, three miles N of Friedrichshafen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4773. Richard H. Conant Collection
Ed Wright was the captain of the bombing mission on which he was killed, May 12, 1944. My uncle, SSgt William James McQuoid, Jr. was the tail gunner on that mission. Some of the crew must have been replaced because they were on leave. Unsure. This is the data concerning the B-17 on which Ed Wright was captain when he was killed:
Aircraft No. 42-107020:
Delivered Cheyenne 27/1/44; Kearney 14/2/44; Grenier 7/3/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 11/3/44; transferred 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 12/3/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Edwin Wright, Co-pilot: Capt George Hughes, Navigator: Wray Hylton, Bombardier: Nick Dekoning, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Williams, Radio Operator: Rudi Palumbo, Waist gunner: Bernie McDonald, Waist gunner: Clarry Brown,Tail gunner: Bill McQuoid (9 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Bob Johnston (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft badly damaged ship, two engines KOd, crashed Reinachmuhle near Ailingen, three miles N of Friedrichshafen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4773. Richard H. Conant Collection
Refer to the page of SSgt William James McQuoid, Jr. for more information about the specific mission Ed Wright was killed.
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42107020. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11 115 478
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Airplane Mechanic Gunner 748 - Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13131769
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flak Happy
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 12 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
12 May 1944 | ||
Born |
Crane, Texas, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4773 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database