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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

Headstone

Photographer: David Young

  • 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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