Captain William Alan Wright CIE AFC (27 November 1895 – 26 April 1990) was a British World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories[1] and later a senior member of the Indian Civil Service.
45 Squadron RFC to fly the Sopwith 1½ Strutter two-seater, and was shot down by Max Ritter von Müller on 30 April 1917, but survived.
[5] His squadron was then re-equipped with the Sopwith Camel single-seat fighter, and on 1 September 1917 Wright was appointed a flight commander with the temporary rank of captain.
[1] Wright was made a Chevalier of the Ordre de la Couronne by the King of the Belgians, receiving unrestricted permission to wear the decoration by The King on 21 September 1917,[7] and receiving similar permission to wear the Croix de guerre, also awarded by Belgium, on 11 March 1918.
[11] In the 1945 Birthday Honours Wright, then Officiating Joint Secretary in the War Department of the Government of India, was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire.