Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Second World War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

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P/O Gerald D'Arcy-Wright

Royal Air Force 61 Sqdn.

(d.5th Oct 1940)

I am trying to find out about my great-uncle P/O Gerald D'Arcy-Wright No. 40162, (he also used just Wright) who served from RAF Hemswell as a Hampden Pilot. He was a member of 5 group, 61 squadron before his plane crashed into the Yorkshire Moors on 5th October 1940. I am trying to find a picture or squadron picture of that era, or maybe someone knew him, or if he was married.

Update: Your great uncle was the pilot of Hampden X2920 which crashed, as you state, on the Yorkshire Moors near Leeming airfield. The crew were:

  • P/O G.D. D'Arcy-Wright (buried Leeming St John the Baptist Churchyard)
  • Sgt W.A. Cannon (buried South Shoebury Churchyard)
  • Sgt W.B. Rayment (buried Henfield Cemetery)
  • Sgt A. Algar (buried Derby (Nottingham Rd) Cemetery)



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