Allan Wright

Group Captain Allan Richard Wright, (12 February 1920 – 16 September 2015) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War. He was credited with having destroyed at least fourteen German aircraft.

From Devon, Wright was a flight cadet at the RAF's Cranwell College at the time of the outbreak of the Second World War. Entering service with the RAF, he was posted to No. 92 Squadron. He flew Supermarine Spitfire fighters during the aerial fighting over Dunkirk during the later stages of the Battle of France and then in the subsequent Battle of Britain, claiming several aerial victories. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) in recognition of his successes. He flew in part of No. 92 Squadron's campaign during the 1941 Circus offensive, claiming further victories and being awarded a Bar to his DFC. Rested from operations with a posting as an instructor in July 1941, he spent much of the remainder of the war in staff and instructing posts but did spend a period on operations flying with a night fighter squadron. He remained in the RAF in the postwar period, until his retirement in 1967 as a group captain. He died in 2015, at the age of 95.