DUNCAN FRANK WRIGHT
SERVICE NO. 1509818
Army: Staff Serjeant
Glider Pilot Regiment
1 Wing
DIED: 06 June 1944
AGE: 25
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
He was a pilot of Horsa Glider Chalk CN74. It crashed close to Château de Grangues, Grangues, Normandy. His co-pilot was killed in the crash but he survived. He was captured and held with other survivors of 591 (Antrim) Parachute Squadron who had also crashed nearby. But he was amongst the group of men who were executed in the early hours of 06 June.
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