Osborne Orr Explained

Osborne John Orr
Birth Date:15 July 1895
Placeofburial Label:Arras Flying Services Memorial
Placeofburial:Pas de Calais, France
Birth Place:Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Death Place:Vicinity of Termonde
Allegiance:British
Branch:Flying service
Rank:Lieutenant
Unit:No. 204 Squadron RAF
Awards:Distinguished Flying Cross

Lieutenant Osborne John Orr (15 July 1895 – 23 October 1918) was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.[1]

He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in the 1919 New Year Honours.

References

Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/780062

Osborne Orr birth certificate http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/b9d33853-e752-4948-b0d0-d97131ff0347

Osborne Orr marriage Certificate http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/8ca3a851-98d3-49c4-944e-db480d53889d

Commonwealth War Graves Commission https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/780062/orr,-osborne-john/

Scully, Angus. In Our Youth: The Lives, Adventures, and Sacrifices of Early Canadian Flyers.Heritage House Publishing, 2022. Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Osborne John Orr - the Aerodrome - Aces and Aircraft of World War I . September 22, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081201145040/http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/usa/orr.php . December 1, 2008 .