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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Edwin Ezell Orbison

Hometown

Altus, Oklahoma

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HELD THE RANK OF PILOT OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 71 'EAGLE' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS HAWKER HURRICANE MK. 1 (V6983) CRASHED IN BAD WEATHER AT REDBOURNE, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND ON FEBRUARY 9, 1941. BURIED AT KIRTON-IN-LINDSEY CEMETERY, KIRTON-IN-LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND. COMMEMORATED ON THE EAGLE SQUADRON MEMORIAL, GROSVENOR SQUARE, LONDON, ENGLAND.