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Oral History Interview with William Wright, September 11, 2012 transcript

Oral History Interview with William Wright, September 11, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Wright. Wright joined the Army Air Forces in January of 1943. He completed training as a bombsight mechanic, and served aboard a B-29 with the 331st Bombardment Group, 20th Air Force. In 1944, Wright learned how to maintain the Norden bombsight. In April of 1945 he deployed to Guam. They completed missions over Japan, bombing enemy petroleum industries. He returned to the US in December of 1945. Their group was inactivated in April of 1946.
Date: September 11, 2012
Creator: Wright, William
System: The Portal to Texas History