Wright, Gordon Grange (Flight Sergeant)

Prisoner of War 1943-October-04

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Home: Bracebridge, Ontario

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Service

RCAF

Unit

15 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Aim Sure

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

R/133887
PoW: 259929

Home
Google MapBracebridge, Ontario
Target
Google MapKassel Germany

Took off from Mildenhall at 18:57 in Stirling Mk III (Sqn code: LS-G Bomber Command).

Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Haste

Three casualties in the crash: Sergeant Rex Blanchard RAF 1339896 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery 17. A. 24. Sergeant Leslie Thompson Graham RAF 1603188 KIA Runnymede Memorial : Panel 151. FSergeant William Thomas Emmerick Highland RAF 32782 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery

and four POWs: Sergeant John Ronald Arrowsmith RAF 1128426 POW Stalag 9C Muhlhausen Flight Sergeant Jack Stanley Curtis RAF 417272 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria Pilot Officer Alexander Vivian Wood RAF 157311 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria Flight Sergeant Gordon Grange Wright RCAF R/133887 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria