404th Fighter Group
Group
A unit history of the 404th Fighter Group is available online as a pdf:
http://www.winkton.net/Leap%20Off/LeapOffPdf3.pdf
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Military
Edwin Wright flew 88 missions in P-47 Thunderbolts over Europe during WWII. He left the Army in 1946 after the war and was again called up for the Korean Conflict in 1950. He retired from the US Air Force as a Major.
Group
A unit history of the 404th Fighter Group is available online as a pdf:
http://www.winkton.net/Leap%20Off/LeapOffPdf3.pdf
Squadron
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 506FS, 404FG, 9AF USAAF.
Military site : airfield
Prepared as an RAF Advanced Landing Ground in 1943, the land was released for grazing before it was again selected for aircraft use, and improved for the Ninth Air Force in 1944. Used briefly by the 404th Fighter Group, it was then abandoned,...
Military site : airfield
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | 2 March 1925 | |
Enlisted | Illinois, USA | 1942 |
Exact date not yet known |
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Died | 2 April 1959 | |
As a result of lung cancer |
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Buried | Urbana, IL, USA | |
In Woodlawn Cemetery |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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23 July 2018 19:02:25 | Hendrik Schoebrechts | Changes to nickname |
Sources | ||
Histor Center AB Brustem (A-92 St.-Trond) |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
21 March 2017 10:27:16 | Lucy May | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations, place associations and media associations |
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Correspondence with Edwin B Wright's daughter, Jacquie. http://www.winkton.net/Leap%20Off/LeapOffPdf3.pdf https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=92485945 |