ARTHUR .GEORGE.WRIGHT
Arthur Wright was a Sergeant with 540 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Service No 1336470
He was the eldest son of Arthur William and Kate Mary Wright of Shoeburyness and joined the Bata Company in 1938, leaving for the R.A.F. in July 1941.
Arthur died on Sunday 13th June 1943, aged 21. Reported missing in 1943 following a flight over Germany. It is understood unofficially that he was flying a Mosquito the world’s fasters bomber on a photographic reconnaissance following a heavy raid by the R.A.F on a big industrial centre. Arthur Wright had done his flying training at Swift Current in Canada.
Arthur is remembered on the Shoeburyness and Runnymede Memorials
Updated 2021: From The National Archives’ reference AIR 27/2007/17 Mosquito DZ438 – Missing from photographic reconnaissance mission La Corunna Spain . 13.6.1943 crashed in bay of Biscay.
Bata Record
9.7.43
