Pilot Officer Orr had bailed out of his flak damaged 103 Sqdn. Lancaster aircraft near Namur, Belgium on October 31, 1944 during a raid against Cologne. He returned, uninjured, to RAF Station, Elsham Wolds, England on November 6, 1944.
Orr, Melvin Osborne (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1944-November-29
Birth Date: 1925
Born:
Parents: Son of Charles Edward and Viola M. Orr, of Willow Cove, Ontario, Canada.
Spouse:
Home: Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
103 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Noli Me Tangere Touch me not
Base
Elsham Wolds
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
J/95460
Prev: R/263098
Home
Hamilton, Ontario
Target
Dortmund Germany
Temporary Burial
Pilot Officer Air Gunner Orr Was Buried In Koim Field, Cologne, Germany
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Lancaster PB465
Mission
Lancaster Mk.I/III PB465
Bombing Dortmund Germany 1944-November-29 to 1944-November-29
103 (B) Sqn (RAF) Elsham Wolds
On a daylight mission to Dortmund, Germany at the Cologne turning point, aircraft collided with Lancaster, PD313, 550Sqn. The starboard rudder controls were severed and the order to bail out was given. The Bomb aimer managed to escape through his hatch and the aircraft exploded immediately after he fell out. There were no other survivors.
Killed includes Cooke: Flight Sergeant James Alfred Goff RCAF R/194962 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 8. C. 14. Warrant Officer Class 2 Francis Ignatius Roy Bruce Hill RCAF R/185307 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 8. C. 13. Pilot Officer John Herbert Charles McCoubray RCAF J/95369 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 8. C. 12. Pilot Officer Melvin Osborne Orr RCAF J/95460 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 2. K. 17. Sergeant Edward Walter McGrath RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 8. C. 11.
POWs: Flight Sergeant G T Mortimer RAF POW (injured). Camp was not listed. Mortimer was commissioned during his time in captivity (F/O).
Lancaster PB465 Mk.I/III - Bombing Dortmund Germany - 1944-11-29 to 1944-11-29
Squadron: 103 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-11-29
Completion Date: 1944-11-29
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Dortmund Germany
Target Specific:
Base: Elsham Wolds
Take Off Time: 11.46
Squadron Code:
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City:
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason:
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
On a daylight mission to Dortmund, Germany at the Cologne turning point, aircraft collided with Lancaster, PD313, 550Sqn. The starboard rudder controls were severed and the order to bail out was given. The Bomb aimer managed to escape through his hatch and the aircraft exploded immediately after he fell out. There were no other survivors.
Killed includes Cooke: Flight Sergeant James Alfred Goff RCAF R/194962 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 8. C. 14. Warrant Officer Class 2 Francis Ignatius Roy Bruce Hill RCAF R/185307 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 8. C. 13. Pilot Officer John Herbert Charles McCoubray RCAF J/95369 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 8. C. 12. Pilot Officer Melvin Osborne Orr RCAF J/95460 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 2. K. 17. Sergeant Edward Walter McGrath RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 8. C. 11.
POWs: Flight Sergeant G T Mortimer RAF POW (injured). Camp was not listed. Mortimer was commissioned during his time in captivity (F/O).
