Gottrell H Wright
Military![Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph S Tate Jr, Sergeant Edward J Rubin and Technical Sergeant Gottrell H Wright of the 93rd Bomb Group with their B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-40128) nicknamed "Ball of Fire the III".
Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 4 Nov 1943' [stamp]. '283892' [Censor no].
Printed caption on reverse: 'COMBAT PERSONNEL OF THE "TRAVELLING CIRCUS"
L to R: Lt. Col. Joseph S. Tate, Jr of St. Augustine Fla. Squadron Commander, has completed 32 missions, incl. Rome and Ploest](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/wysiwyg_x2/public/freeman/media-379221.jpg.webp?itok=5CbsM73L)
Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 4 Nov 1943' [stamp]. '283892' [Censor no].
Printed caption on reverse: 'COMBAT PERSONNEL OF THE "TRAVELLING CIRCUS"
L to R: Lt. Col. Joseph S. Tate, Jr of St. Augustine Fla. Squadron Commander, has completed 32 missions, incl. Rome and Ploesti raids. Col Tate holds the Air Medal, 4 Oak Leaf Clusters to the AM, the DFC and one Cluster. Sgt. Edward J. Rubin, of Portage, Wis. (near Madison), tail gunner, has completed 12 missions, including the Rome mission. He holds the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters. In the raid on Foggia, Italy, he destroyed an enemy aircraft. T/Sgt. Gottrell H. Wright, of Warigold, Miss, near Jackson, completed 18 missions, including Rome, Ploesti, and the airplane works near Vienna. He holds the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters. US.Pool/F. KEYSTONE SG. 47.48'.
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Object Number - FRE 785 - Lieutenant Colonel Joseph S. Tate Jr, Sergeant Edward J. Rubin and Technical Sergeant Gottrell H. Wright of the 93rd Bomb Group with their B-24D...
Gottrell H. Wright served with the 328th Bomb Squadron of the 93rd Bomb Group, flying missions out of Hardwick. He completed at least 18 missions, including Rome, the low-level Ploesti raid on 1 August 1943 and the airplane works near Vienna raids. After the war, he was awarded a scholarship to study medicine at Vanderbilt University and went on to specialize in pediatric neurology.
Awards: DFC (1OLC), AM (3OLC), GCM, ACM, EAME w/one or more bronze service stars, WW II Victory Medal
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - War Baby - Ball Of Fire The III
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Moorhead, MS 38761, USA | 26 February 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
2500 Jackson Ave, Hattiesburg, MS 39401, USA | 11 February 1942 | At Camp Shelby |
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Died |
Las Cruces, NM, USA | 2 February 2009 | |
| Merigold, MS 38759, USA | |||
| Bolivar County, MS, USA | |||
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Other Studied medicine |
1211 Medical Center Dr, Nashville, TN 37232, USA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / roster
Enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lcsun-news/obituary.aspx?n=gottrell-h-…;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / roster
![Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph S Tate Jr, Sergeant Edward J Rubin and Technical Sergeant Gottrell H Wright of the 93rd Bomb Group with their B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-40128) nicknamed "Ball of Fire the III".
Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 4 Nov 1943' [stamp]. '283892' [Censor no].
Printed caption on reverse: 'COMBAT PERSONNEL OF THE "TRAVELLING CIRCUS"
L to R: Lt. Col. Joseph S. Tate, Jr of St. Augustine Fla. Squadron Commander, has completed 32 missions, incl. Rome and Ploest](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379221.jpg.webp?itok=4G-yHWIa)