Second Lieutenant Ralph W Wright, Oklahoma, Service Number O-753834, flew as pilot of B-17s for the 349th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group.
"Killed in B-17 42-38053 'Cap'n Crow' in a form up accident over the base. on 7-May-44. Target was Berlin. The plane had flares stored in the top turret and for some reason they exploded and the pilot ordered the crew to bail out The pilot Wright and Co-pilot Jack Raper were possibly overcome by fumes and passed out. The rest of the crew bailed out, in all 5 of the crew were killed." American Air Museum in Britain.
Ralph Wright and Jack W Raper are buried together. They are memorialized at St. Mary Ashby Church near Somerleyton. On behalf of Jack Raper's family. The grave and the church have been visited by Ian and Pat Mills.
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Second Lieutenant Ralph W Wright, Oklahoma, Service Number O-753834, flew as pilot of B-17s for the 349th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group.
"Killed in B-17 42-38053 'Cap'n Crow' in a form up accident over the base. on 7-May-44. Target was Berlin. The plane had flares stored in the top turret and for some reason they exploded and the pilot ordered the crew to bail out The pilot Wright and Co-pilot Jack Raper were possibly overcome by fumes and passed out. The rest of the crew bailed out, in all 5 of the crew were killed." American Air Museum in Britain.
Ralph Wright and Jack W Raper are buried together. They are memorialized at St. Mary Ashby Church near Somerleyton. On behalf of Jack Raper's family. The grave and the church have been visited by Ian and Pat Mills.
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Inscription
2 Lt 349 Bomb Sq 100 Bomb Gp (H)
Gravesite Details
This is one of two plots where the names are known but the bodies could not be separately identified; they are buried together and a bronze tablet records their details
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