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Air Vice Marshal AUGUSTUS HENRY ORLEBAR

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 04 August 1943

Age 46 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PODINGTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD

Near S.E. Butress.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Air Force Cross and Bar
  • Additional Info Son of Augustus Scobell Orlebar and Hester Mary Orlebar, of Podington; husband of Victoria Orlebar, of Podington. Holder of World Air Speed Record, 1929.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD AND EVER BELOVED MEMORY OF MY HUSBAND. GOD PROVED HIM AND FOUND HIM WORTHY OF HIMSELF
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