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Lt. Col. John Larkin 'Jack' Wright (1915-2006), an Iowa-born flight instructor who married a Tifton woman, flew many combat missions as a WWII P-47 pilot. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and later commanded at Turner Air Force Base.
John Larkin Wright, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF is a historical marker in Tifton, Tift County. It is one of 10 historical markers documented in Tift County, among 30 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.4534, -83.5104 near Tifton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Purple Heart Memorial (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include William W. Outerbridge, Rear Admiral, USN, A.V. "Bubba" Akin, and Henry Tift Myers.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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