Allan Richard Wright, born on February 12, 1920 and died September 16, 2015, he was a Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War.

Allan scored 11 kills, three shared kills, five probable kills and seven damaged against the German Luftwaffe, and was one of the last surviving airmen called The Few who served in the Battle of Britain.

After training Allan was posted to No. 92 Squadron RAF at RAF Tangmere on 29 October flying Bristol Blenheim night fighters.

On 8 March 1940, the squadron converted to Spitfires. Allan flew his first combat mission on 23 May 1940 over Dunkirk and claimed a probable Messerschmitt Bf 110 destroyed and two damaged. The following day Allan added one confirmed Me 110 and one ‘probable’ Me 110 and on 2 June a Messerschmitt Bf 109.

During the Battle of Britain he shared a Heinkel He 111 destroyed on 14 August, a Heinkel He 111 of Kampfgeschwader 27 (KG 27) at night over Bristol on 29 August, a Heinkel He 111 and Messerschmitt Bf 109 ‘probable’ on 11 September, a Messerschmitt Bf 109 damaged on the 14th, a Messerschmitt Bf 109 ‘probable’ on the 15th, a Junkers Ju 88 ‘probable’ on the 19th, a Dornier Do 17 on the 26th, a Junkers Ju 88 on the 27th, and two Messerschmitt Bf 109’s on the 30th. On 30 September he was shot down and wounded near Brighton by a Messerschmitt Bf 109 of Jagdgeschwader 27 (JG 27) and hospitalised.

The award of the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) was made on 22 October 1940. On 6 December 1940 he destroyed a Messerschmitt Bf 109.

By July 1941 Allan had received a Bar to the DFC. He was posted to 59 OTU (Operational Training Unit) RAF in July 1941.

Service with RAF Fighter Command HQ and as an instructor followed until being posted to No. 29 Squadron RAF at RAF West Malling in March 1943, where as a night fighter he had his last confirmed kill – a Junkers Ju 88 on 3 April.

For the remainder of the war, Allan worked on training and fighter tactics.

He became chief instructor at the Pilot Gunnery Instructor Wing of the Central Gunner School, and later commanded the Air Fighting Developing Unit (AFDU) at RAF Wittering.

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

Remaining in the RAF post-war, he retired as a group captain on 12 February 1967.

Allan Wright died at age 95 on September 16, 2015.