Allan Wright

Group Captain Allan Richard Wright, DFC & Bar, AFC (12 February 1920 – 16 September 2015)[1] was a Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War.

Wright flew his first combat mission on 23 May 1940 over Dunkirk and claimed a probable Messerschmitt Bf 110 destroyed and two damaged.

The citation read: On night in August 1940, this officer displayed great determination and skill in destroying a Heinkel 111, under difficult conditions.

In early 1945, Wright was transferred to RAF El Bellah in Egypt where he commanded the fighter wing of the Middle East Advanced Bombing and Gunnery School.

The episode focused on excavating a Mark 1 Spitfire (P9373) as flown by fellow 92 Squadron pilot Paul Klipsch.

In 1999 Allan Wright sits in Spitfire V BM597 at Calais, France, during the filming of a Time Team archaeological dig of a Spitfire