Talk:Ken Wright (footballer)

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I'm moving the quote and accompanying text (added by @Tricky44 in June 2012) here as I can't find it in the archives of the London Gazette or elsewhere:

"The following citation appeared in the London Gazette on 6 June 1944 (D-Day), when Wright's 207 Squadron were bombing Caen in support of Operation Overlord:

Flying Officer K L Wright (157304) Royal Airforce Volunteer Reserve, No. 207 Squadron : This officer has completed numerous successful operations against heavily defended enemy targets, including nine sorties against Berlin. He has always exhibited great keenness and pressed home his attacks with determination. On one occasion, during an attack on Berlin, his aircraft was severely damaged by fire from the defences. Flying Officer Wright displayed great coolness and superb airmanship in flying the crippled bomber safely back to base. Another time, when on a sortie against Stuttgart, this officer's aircraft was attacked by an Me.109 while over the target area, but he skilfully manoeuvred his aircraft into a position which enabled his gunners to destroy the enemy.

[He was] de-mobbed in 1946. He died in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1994 after a short illness."

If anyone can find any references for this, please readd. Thanks, Nzd (talk) 16:17, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]