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Frank Wilbur Wright Military Aviation Collection
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Identifier1986-01-02Description
The Frank Wilbur Wright Military Aviation Collection contains commissions, photographs, identification cards, and other materials relating to the military career of Frank W. Wright. Wright began his service prior to World War I, serving as an aviator during the war and remaining in the Army throughout the interwar and World War II periods. The commissions document his changing roles and ranks during World War I, and photos and ephemera illustrate his later service at numerous U.S. bases as a military engineer and then commanding officer.
Date1911-1945CreatorWright, Frank Wilbur, Col., 1886-1950Resource RecordGuide to the Wright (Frank Wilbur) Military Aviation CollectionLanguageEnglishRights HolderThe Museum of Flight ArchivesRightsPermission to publish material from the Frank Wilbur Wright Military Aviation Collection must be obtained from The Museum of Flight Archives,Bibliographic CitationThe Frank Wilbur Wright Military Aviation Collection/The Museum of FlightAccess StatusOnly the World War I-era materials have been digitized for this collection.Depicts or Relates to
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Wright, Frank Wilbur, Col., 1886-1950, Frank Wilbur Wright Military Aviation Collection (1911-1945), [1986-01-02]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 09/07/2025, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/56