William E. Wright

Navigator of Big StinkTinian Island

Wendover, UT

509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran

William E. Wright served as a captain in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the regularly assigned navigator for the Big Stink, and he and his crew were later reassigned to Luke the Spook.

A-5 Crew. Wright is kneeling in the bottom row, second from the left. Photo courtesy of the 509th Pictorial Album and Richard H. Campbell.

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