Gilbert Clayton Wright

Military
Gilbert Wright Account 43-38575 Gilbert Wright Account 43-38575 UPL 60453 An account of the loss of 43-38575

An account of the loss of 43-38575 by Gilbert Wright the only Survivor

Object Number - UPL 60453 - An account of the loss of 43-38575

Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Elsterwerda on 21 Mar 45 in B-17 #4338575

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Gilbert Wright Account 43-38575

43-38575

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

White Plains, KY 42464, USA 27 June 1925 Son of John Wright and Maude Outlaw Wright

Died

Gulfport, MS, USA 11 April 1980 Buried: Section 20a Row 2 Site 7 Biloxi National Cemetery, Biloxi, Mississippi

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 21 March 1945

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Added account of the loss of the aircraft

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Personal Knowledge. I am his (step)son

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Separation Papers

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Personal knowledge

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Service Record

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I ma the son of Gilbert Wright. All entries come from his service records.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13557 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Gilbert Wright Account 43-38575

Object number: UPL 60453 - An account of the loss of 43-38575