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231053 P/O Melvin Osborne Orr Royal Canadian Air Force 103 Sqdn. from:Hamilton, Ontario (d.29th November 1944) Uncle Melvin Orr, was aboard 103 Squadron Lancaster I LL964 PM-H "La Belle Dame Sans Merci", the night of Oct 31/Nov 1 1944. The plane was hit by flak. The crew was ordered to bail out. Melvin hurt his ankle upon reaching the ground. Pilot F/S Cooke and F/S McCoubray (who had deployed his parachute inside the aircraft) belly landed the aircraft at St-Gerard, Namur, without causing injury to these two men. The entire crew made it back to England within a month. Unfortunately the crew was aboard the Lancaster III PB465 PM-F "Mudpool Maggie II" the night of Nov 29 1944. The aircraft was involved in a midair collision with a 550 Squadron Lancaster. Damage was so severe that control was lost immediately. Crewmembers who perished: F/S M O Orr RCAF, F/S J C Cooke RCAF, Sgt E W McGrath (Irish), F/S J A Goff RCAF, WO2 F I R B Hill RCAF, F/S J H C McCoubrey RCAF. F/O G T Mortimer survived and became a POW. The men who died are buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.