Frederick Wehrle Wright
Military
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Object Number - UPL 40021 - Lt. Col. Frederick Wehrle Wright
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Boppard on 10/14/44 in B-24 'The Jolly Roger' #4250864; a/c hit by flak. With no. one engine smoking, crew bailed out; all survived and became Prisoner of War (POW)s.
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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: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Jolly Roger
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Newark, Ohio, USA | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft 3 | 14 October 1944 |
Revisions
This is my grandfather, Fred Wright. I got the picture from my mother, Gill Wright Miller. --Matt
This is my father and I was correcting the spelling of his middle name
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9487 / MACR 9487 & Page 283 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010; Losses of 8thAF, vol.4 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
