Service Details
Name:
 WRIGHT
Given Name:
 JAMES MITCHELL
Initials:
 J M
Service No:
 328352V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 1525 Flt
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Date of Death:
 1944-01-16
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Oxford I HN469, of 1525 Beam (or Blind) Approach Training Flight, based at RAF Docking, which crashed near Docking railway station at 11.55Hrs. The aircraft was approaching the Airfield in bad weather and struck some trees.
Additional
Information:
Son of James and Elizabeth C. Wright, of Otjiwarongo, South West Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Norfolk
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Cemetery:
 GREAT BIRCHAM (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
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Grave Reference:
 Plot 1. Row 4. Grave 13.

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