WRIGHT, Wilson Harry Emanuel
| Service Number: | 422342 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 April 1942, No. 2 Recruit Centre Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 467 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Mosman, New South Wales, Australia, 30 May 1909 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Wool appraiser |
| Died: | Lost in operations-mid air collision between two Lancaster bombers, France, 16 July 1944, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lignieres-de-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row A, Grave 9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 26 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 422342, RAAF Recruit Centres, No. 2 Recruit Centre Sydney | |
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| 15 Jun 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 422342, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park, Empire Air Training Scheme, Screened for Navigator Training | |
| 19 Aug 1942: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 422342, 2 Embarkation Depot | |
| 26 Sep 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 422342, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme | |
| 22 Jan 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units, No. 2 Air Observers School Edmonton Canada Qualified Navigator | |
| 8 Mar 1943: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 422342, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units, ex Canada for the UK | |
| 8 Mar 1943: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 422342, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units, ex Canada for the UK | |
| 17 Aug 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 422342, Operational Training Units (RAF), Empire Air Training Scheme, No. 27 OTU | |
| 15 Mar 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 422342, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 | |
| 15 Mar 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 422342, RAF Conversion Units , Empire Air Training Scheme, No. 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit | |
| 17 Jun 1944: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 16 Jul 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 422342, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Killed in Action - Friendly aircraft collision after leaving the target area - Nevers Marshalling Yards |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Wilson Harry Emanuel WRIGHT was born on 30th May, 1909 in Mosman to William Martin WRIGHT and Bertha TUCKEY who had married in Sydney in 1892
Wilson married Joan HERMAN on 8th August, 1940 in Sydney
He joined the RAAF on 26th April, 1942 & later joined 467 Squadron as a Pilot Officer navigator
He died on an air combat operation 16th July, 1944 in France whilst in a Avro Lancaster Bomber ME851 - Code PO-B. The aircraft collided with another from a different Squadron at night, and all crew in both aircraft were lost.
His name is memorialized at the Australian War Memorial & the Roll of Honour in Sydney.
Both crews from the stricken aircraft are buried together in the Communal cemetery of Lignieres-de-Touraine, near which their aircraft crashed.
His older brother 10000 Gnr. William Arthur WRIGHT (/explore/people/271603) served in the AIF in WW1 and was Killed in Action in France on 14 Nov 1916
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