donated by 14 January 1993
was worked by Isabel Wright
(dedication) George Anthony Wright,
Navigator 61 Sqdn,
Jackson's of Hebden Bridge
Croft Mill, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, HX7 8AP
Tel: 0422 842964
George Wright was born in Bishop Auckland. He had been awarded the D.F.M. after being involved in the attack on the German Battleship Tirpitz. He was shot down in flames and taken prisoner. After the war he moved to Wooler and was a primary school teacher. He was a member of the Borders Gliding Club at the former RAF station at Milfield.
He wrote his memoirs in a private publication entitled Wilbur and the Imps Go To War
