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| Name: |
Osborne John Orr |
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| Country: |
United States |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
4N (RNAS)
204 (RAF) |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
15 July 1895 |
| Place of Birth: |
Cleveland, Ohio |
| Died: |
23 October 1918 |
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| Place of Death: |
Near Termonde |
| Memorial: |
Arras Flying Services Memorial, Pas de Calais, France |
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Osborne Orr sailed to England to join the Royal Air Force. He was promoted to temporary 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) on 10 March 1918 and posted to 204 Squadron on 1 August 1918. On the morning of 23 October 1918, his flight had just completed a bombing mission when it was engaged by enemy fighters near Termonde. In the battle that followed, Orr and four other Sopwith Camel pilots were killed in action. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
12 Aug 1918 |
1055 |
204 |
Sopwith Camel (D3354) |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Blankenberghe |
| 2 |
12 Aug 1918 |
1055 |
204 |
Sopwith Camel (D3354) |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Zeebrugge-Ostend |
| 3 |
14 Aug 1918 |
1755 |
204 |
Sopwith Camel (B7232) |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Roulers |
| 4 |
15 Aug 1918 |
1905 |
204 |
Sopwith Camel (B7232) |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Menin |
| 5 |
14 Oct 1918 |
1315 |
204 |
Sopwith Camel (D9613) |
C (OOC) |
Westende-Nieuport |
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| Books |
- American Aces of World War 1
- by Norman Franks, Harry Dempsey (Illustrator) / Paperback / Osprey Publishing (September 25, 2001)
- Over the Front
- by Norman L. R. Franks, Frank W. Bailey / Hardcover / Grub Street the Basement (May 1992)
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