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Adam Orange of East Melbourne Australia was born in 1812, and died at age 77 years old in 1889 in East Melbourne.
Catherine (Orange) Howlett of Kyneton, Macedon Ranges Shire County, VIC Australia was born on August 12, 1818 in Fethard, TA Ireland. She was married to Lawrence Howlett, and had children Margaret Howlett, John Howlett, Lawrence Howlett, and Emily Louisa (Howlett) Garner. Catherine Howlett died at age 87 years old on June 30, 1906 in Kyneton, VIC Australia.
John Orange of Hotham West Australia was born in 1823 to Thomas Orange and Susan Orange. John Orange died at age 73 years old in 1896 in Hotham West.
Elizabeth Ann Orange of Heidelberg Australia was born in 1828, and died at age 78 years old in 1906 in Heidelberg.
Elizabeth Orange of Melbourne South Australia was born in 1830, and died at age 90 years old in 1920 in Melbourne South.
John Orange of Melbourne West Australia was born in 1831, and died at age 59 years old in 1890 in Melbourne West.
Richard Chadwick Orange of Caulfield Australia was born in 1832 to Orange William Westleck and Esther Chadwick Orange. He had siblings Esther Matilda Revely and Louisa Jane Westleck. Richard Orange died at age 59 years old in 1891 in Caulfield.
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A photo of William Orange. It was very busy at the briefing on Friday, October 2, 1942 at air base
RAF Lakenheath in the county of Suffolk in South East England.
After all, there was another night operation on the program. A bombing flight on the German city of Krefeld. The Short Stirling R9167 with call sign OJ-N of
149 Bomber Squadron would also be part of the fleet of planes that would make the crossing to the European mainland. Squadron leader and pilot Roy Greenslade commanded six NCO’s, each with their specific task.
Everyone being ready for departure, they chose the airspace at 7.06 pm in the evening.
First it was important to form the fleet of bombers. As many as 188 aircraft would eventually take part in the action. 95 Wellingtons, 39 Halifaxes, 31 Lancasters and 23 Stirlings. The Pathfinders (scouts) reported dense fog veils that night above the city of Krefeld when they made the crossing over the North Sea. As a result, the bombs fell on the outskirts of Krefeld and were not concentrated in the center. The Germans did not give the attack the qualification of "Grossangriff". Nevertheless, the loss percentage for the British was three percent. Of the seven aircraft that were lost, one ended up in Kronenberg in the south east of The Netherlands. It was the Short Stirling R9167 from Roy Greenslade and his crew.
In the beginning of 1941, the Germans set up combat posts in a line from Denmark over The Netherlands, south to Belgium and France of which three combat posts in The Netherlands in Nachtjagdraum 5. One of them was combat post 5B in Veulen, a small village near the Venray municipality. These combat posts would play a key role in the air war until the autumn of 1944. The German night fighters who were led from fighter post 5B in Veulen were from I / NJG-1 Nachtjagdgeschwader, which was stationed at Fliegerhorst Venlo, the largest German airfield outside Germany during the Second World War with an occupation of approximately 2000 troops.
The radar equipment that belonged to such combat posts stood as far as possible in the front field in a westerly direction. For Veulen this radar station was located about 3.5 km south of De Rips in Noord Brabant. Here a Frya detection radar and two Würzburg Riese tracking radar installations were installed. This combined radar station was called BAZI. The Germans often used animal names and BAZI is the abbreviation for Bazille (baccil).
As soon as the Allied bombers were detected by the radar station, this was passed on to the combat post in Veulen. The position of the own planes and the enemy planes was displayed on a so-called plot table and kept constantly up-to-date by means of red and green lights. (Red for the Allied aircraft and green for their own German aircraft.)
Through a short-wave connection, the Jägerleitoffizier passed on the position of the approaching aircraft to his night fighters in encoded messages.
The cumbersome bombers were an easy prey for the fast German
Messerschmitts who prefered to shoot these bombers from the bottom up with their board guns.
And so it happened, that Oberleutnant Flieger Hans Dieter Frank and marconist Gefreiter Erich Gotter were ordered in the evening of October 2, 1942, around 09:15 pm
to launch an attack on British bombers on their way to Krefeld in a flight of 188 aircraft. The Short Stirling R9167 - OJ-N, belonging to a group of three aircraft from 149 Squadron, received its first direct hits at 21.31 hours above the municipality of Horst. Just after that, the aircraft started to burn. In a last desperate attempt to stay in the air, the Short Stirling opened the bomb shutters, bringing the load of hundreds of phosphorus bombs down and falling in Swolgen and the municipality of Horst, fortunately without causing any significant damage. However, it did not help anymore. Over Horst, Oberleutnant Frank once again hit the plane hard and a moment later at 21.34 hours the burning bomber crashed in a plot of land of the Pijpers family in Kronenberg, shifted the road and stopped at the edge of the forest. There it has been burning for days. Local residents rushed to the burning wreck immediately and found the half-burned bodies of several crew members in the area and near the wreckage. A moment later it was discovered that one of the occupants of the aircraft was still alive. He layed heavily wounded in the field and pointed constantly to the ring on his left ring finger, which had already been swollen. One of the bystanders understood what the man meant and managed to get the ring off the finger. Just after that a patrol of the Feldgendarmerie (German Military Police) appeared and the people were pushed back. The unknown crew member died on the spot before he could be transported to the hospital in Venlo. After the war it was determined which aircraft had crashed that night in Kronenberg. They also found out the names of the crew members. The only one still alive after the crash of the Short Stirling turned out to be Sergeant Ernest.Leslie Moore, Air Gunner. The ring was sent to his parents shortly after the liberation.
All seven crew members were killed in the crash.
Crew Short Stirling R9167 (Code OJ-N)
149 Squadron A.F.C. R.A.F.
1 Squadron Leader Pilot: William Roy Greenslade, R.A.F. (DFC-AFC-MiD)
(Youngstown Alberta, Canada) Age 25.
Jonkerbos War Cemetery 20.D.3 Nijmegen – The Netherlands
2 Flight Sergeant Air Gunner: William Orange, R.A.F.
(Bedlington Morpeth-UK) Age 27.
Jonkerbos War Cemetery 20.D.8 Nijmegen – The Netherlands
3 Sergeant Flight Engineer: Marshal Kenneth Smith R.A.F.
(Cambridge-UK) Age 21.
Jonkerbos War Cemetery 20.D.6 Nijmegen – The Netherlands
4 Sergeant Wireless Op./Air Gunner: Frederick Leonard Hughes R.A.F.
(Shoreditch, London-UK) Age 21.
Jonkerbos War Cemetery 20.D.7 Nijmegen – The Netherlands
5 Sergeant Wireless Op./Air Gunner: Ernest Leslie Moore R.A.F.
(Leicester-UK) Age 20.
Jonkerbos War Cemetery 20.D.4 Nijmegen – The Netherlands
6 Sergeant Air Gunner: Benjamin Frederick Goldsmith R.A.F.
(Prestwick Lancashire-UK) Age 22.
Jonkerbos War Cemetery 20.D.5 Nijmegen – The Netherlands
7 Flight Sergeant Air Observer Robert Francis McIntyre R.C.A.F.
(Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) Age 25.
Jonkersbos War Cemetery 20.D.9 Nijmegen – The Netherlands
Lest we forget
RAF Lakenheath in the county of Suffolk in South East England.
After all, there was another night operation on the program. A bombing flight on the German city of Krefeld. The Short Stirling R9167 with call sign OJ-N of
149 Bomber Squadron would also be part of the fleet of planes that would make the crossing to the European mainland. Squadron leader and pilot Roy Greenslade commanded six NCO’s, each with their specific task.
Everyone being ready for departure, they chose the airspace at 7.06 pm in the evening.
First it was important to form the fleet of bombers. As many as 188 aircraft would eventually take part in the action. 95 Wellingtons, 39 Halifaxes, 31 Lancasters and 23 Stirlings. The Pathfinders (scouts) reported dense fog veils that night above the city of Krefeld when they made the crossing over the North Sea. As a result, the bombs fell on the outskirts of Krefeld and were not concentrated in the center. The Germans did not give the attack the qualification of "Grossangriff". Nevertheless, the loss percentage for the British was three percent. Of the seven aircraft that were lost, one ended up in Kronenberg in the south east of The Netherlands. It was the Short Stirling R9167 from Roy Greenslade and his crew.
In the beginning of 1941, the Germans set up combat posts in a line from Denmark over The Netherlands, south to Belgium and France of which three combat posts in The Netherlands in Nachtjagdraum 5. One of them was combat post 5B in Veulen, a small village near the Venray municipality. These combat posts would play a key role in the air war until the autumn of 1944. The German night fighters who were led from fighter post 5B in Veulen were from I / NJG-1 Nachtjagdgeschwader, which was stationed at Fliegerhorst Venlo, the largest German airfield outside Germany during the Second World War with an occupation of approximately 2000 troops.
The radar equipment that belonged to such combat posts stood as far as possible in the front field in a westerly direction. For Veulen this radar station was located about 3.5 km south of De Rips in Noord Brabant. Here a Frya detection radar and two Würzburg Riese tracking radar installations were installed. This combined radar station was called BAZI. The Germans often used animal names and BAZI is the abbreviation for Bazille (baccil).
As soon as the Allied bombers were detected by the radar station, this was passed on to the combat post in Veulen. The position of the own planes and the enemy planes was displayed on a so-called plot table and kept constantly up-to-date by means of red and green lights. (Red for the Allied aircraft and green for their own German aircraft.)
Through a short-wave connection, the Jägerleitoffizier passed on the position of the approaching aircraft to his night fighters in encoded messages.
The cumbersome bombers were an easy prey for the fast German
Messerschmitts who prefered to shoot these bombers from the bottom up with their board guns.
And so it happened, that Oberleutnant Flieger Hans Dieter Frank and marconist Gefreiter Erich Gotter were ordered in the evening of October 2, 1942, around 09:15 pm
to launch an attack on British bombers on their way to Krefeld in a flight of 188 aircraft. The Short Stirling R9167 - OJ-N, belonging to a group of three aircraft from 149 Squadron, received its first direct hits at 21.31 hours above the municipality of Horst. Just after that, the aircraft started to burn. In a last desperate attempt to stay in the air, the Short Stirling opened the bomb shutters, bringing the load of hundreds of phosphorus bombs down and falling in Swolgen and the municipality of Horst, fortunately without causing any significant damage. However, it did not help anymore. Over Horst, Oberleutnant Frank once again hit the plane hard and a moment later at 21.34 hours the burning bomber crashed in a plot of land of the Pijpers family in Kronenberg, shifted the road and stopped at the edge of the forest. There it has been burning for days. Local residents rushed to the burning wreck immediately and found the half-burned bodies of several crew members in the area and near the wreckage. A moment later it was discovered that one of the occupants of the aircraft was still alive. He layed heavily wounded in the field and pointed constantly to the ring on his left ring finger, which had already been swollen. One of the bystanders understood what the man meant and managed to get the ring off the finger. Just after that a patrol of the Feldgendarmerie (German Military Police) appeared and the people were pushed back. The unknown crew member died on the spot before he could be transported to the hospital in Venlo. After the war it was determined which aircraft had crashed that night in Kronenberg. They also found out the names of the crew members. The only one still alive after the crash of the Short Stirling turned out to be Sergeant Ernest.Leslie Moore, Air Gunner. The ring was sent to his parents shortly after the liberation.
All seven crew members were killed in the crash.
Crew Short Stirling R9167 (Code OJ-N)
149 Squadron A.F.C. R.A.F.
1 Squadron Leader Pilot: William Roy Greenslade, R.A.F. (DFC-AFC-MiD)
(Youngstown Alberta, Canada) Age 25.
Jonkerbos War Cemetery 20.D.3 Nijmegen – The Netherlands
2 Flight Sergeant Air Gunner: William Orange, R.A.F.
(Bedlington Morpeth-UK) Age 27.
Jonkerbos War Cemetery 20.D.8 Nijmegen – The Netherlands
3 Sergeant Flight Engineer: Marshal Kenneth Smith R.A.F.
(Cambridge-UK) Age 21.
Jonkerbos War Cemetery 20.D.6 Nijmegen – The Netherlands
4 Sergeant Wireless Op./Air Gunner: Frederick Leonard Hughes R.A.F.
(Shoreditch, London-UK) Age 21.
Jonkerbos War Cemetery 20.D.7 Nijmegen – The Netherlands
5 Sergeant Wireless Op./Air Gunner: Ernest Leslie Moore R.A.F.
(Leicester-UK) Age 20.
Jonkerbos War Cemetery 20.D.4 Nijmegen – The Netherlands
6 Sergeant Air Gunner: Benjamin Frederick Goldsmith R.A.F.
(Prestwick Lancashire-UK) Age 22.
Jonkerbos War Cemetery 20.D.5 Nijmegen – The Netherlands
7 Flight Sergeant Air Observer Robert Francis McIntyre R.C.A.F.
(Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) Age 25.
Jonkersbos War Cemetery 20.D.9 Nijmegen – The Netherlands
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Updated Orange Biographies
Catherine (Orange) Howlett of Kyneton, Macedon Ranges Shire County, VIC Australia was born on August 12, 1818 in Fethard, TA Ireland. She was married to Lawrence Howlett, and had children Margaret Howlett, John Howlett, Lawrence Howlett, and Emily Louisa (Howlett) Garner. Catherine Howlett died at age 87 years old on June 30, 1906 in Kyneton, VIC Australia.
Curtis C Orange of Lanett, Chambers County, AL was born on September 29, 1922, and died at age 74 years old on December 22, 1996.
Robert L Orange of Houston, Harris County, TX was born on April 27, 1923. He married Mamie E. (Wilson) Orange on December 21, 1969 in Harris County, TX and they later separated on August 8, 1972. He would also marry Thelma A. (Greene) Orange on November 9, 1980 in Harris County and they later separated on January 25, 1983. Robert Orange died at age 69 years old on January 22, 1993.
Howard J Orange of Zionsville, Boone County, Indiana was born on January 13, 1920, and died at age 65 years old in October 1985.
William A Orange of Mechanicsville, Hanover County, VA was born on June 21, 1922, and died at age 66 years old on February 9, 1989.
Guy R Orange of Farmville, Prince Edward County, VA was born on May 11, 1925, and died at age 64 years old on June 4, 1989.
Floyd Orange of Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana was born on September 5, 1915, and died at age 67 years old in January 1983.
Floyd W Orange of Thaxton, Bedford County, VA was born on September 27, 1916, and died at age 86 years old on May 23, 2003.
Marion E Orange of Roanoke, Roanoke City County, Virginia was born on October 23, 1923, and died at age 54 years old in October 1977.
Sam E Orange of White Bluff, Dickson County, Tennessee was born on January 3, 1911, and died at age 69 years old in January 1980.
Willard M Orange of Richmond, Richmond City County, Virginia was born on July 24, 1918, and died at age 59 years old in July 1977.
Fred Orange of Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL was born on July 3, 1914, and died at age 75 years old on April 29, 1990.
Ernest E Orange of Oxford, Lafayette County, MS was born on June 6, 1913, and died at age 86 years old on October 15, 1999.
Carl B Orange of Carterville, Williamson County, IL was born on June 23, 1915, and died at age 92 years old on August 28, 2007.
Marvin H Orange of Bumpass, Louisa County, VA was born on November 4, 1920, and died at age 88 years old on August 23, 2009.
James E Orange of Bellville, Austin County, TX was born on April 14, 1918, and died at age 71 years old on January 31, 1990.
James W Orange of Lewisburg, Marshall County, TN was born on January 26, 1927, and died at age 73 years old on December 28, 2000. James Orange was buried at Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery
Section PP Row 08 Site 19 7931 Mccrory Lane, in Nashville.
Wesley L Orange of Jeannette, Westmoreland County, PA was born on January 13, 1923, and died at age 86 years old on November 26, 2009.
Horace W Orange of Dallas, Dallas County, TX was born on May 23, 1941, and died at age 52 years old on February 27, 1994.
Popular Orange Biographies
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ruta Sakaio (Aumua) Orange .
Catherine (Orange) Carbahn of Atheatre Australia, was married to Heinrich Carbahn, and has a child Heinrich George Carbahn. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Catherine Orange Carbahn.
Daniel D Orange was born on August 18, 1913, and died at age 76 years old on May 12, 1990. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Daniel D Orange.
Wesley L Orange of Jeannette, Westmoreland County, PA was born on January 13, 1923, and died at age 86 years old on November 26, 2009.
Michael Orange of Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, OK was born on December 14, 1915, and died at age 62 years old in July 1978.
Blodwyn Orange of Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, OK was born on July 30, 1917, and died at age 92 years old on April 4, 2010.
John Orange of Pennsylvania was born on January 14, 1886, and died at age 77 years old in September 1963.
Paul Orange was born on February 4, 1918, and died at age 73 years old on January 25, 1992. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Paul Orange.
Mike Orange of Jeannette, Westmoreland County, PA was born on August 1, 1915, and died at age 82 years old on December 8, 1997.
Tillie Orange of Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA was born on July 4, 1885, and died at age 98 years old in September 1983.
Mary A Orange was born on August 8, 1928, and died at age 63 years old on August 24, 1991. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary A Orange.
Marcella M Orange of Luxor, Westmoreland County, PA was born on December 7, 1927, and died at age 83 years old on December 23, 2010.
Harry Orange of San Bruno, San Mateo County, CA was born on July 22, 1924, and died at age 86 years old on March 20, 2011.
Mike Orange of Jeannette, Westmoreland County, PA was born on November 16, 1924, and died at age 76 years old on May 10, 2001.
Josephine R Orange was born on July 8, 1922, and died at age 74 years old on April 20, 1997. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Josephine R Orange.
Metro Orange of Jeannette, Westmoreland County, PA was born on September 15, 1914, and died at age 67 years old in June 1982.
Ruth D Orange was born on October 10, 1905, and died at age 84 years old on June 25, 1990. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ruth D Orange.
Eleanore T Orange of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI was born on October 13, 1901, and died at age 92 years old on December 13, 1993.
Mary M Orange of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio was born on May 22, 1920, and died at age 89 years old on December 23, 2009.
Orange Death Records & Life Expectancy
The average age of a Orange family member is 70.0 years old according to our database of 1,387 people with the last name Orange that have a birth and death date listed.
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Oldest Oranges
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Cynthia W Orange of Valparaiso, Porter County, IN was born on April 5, 1898, and died at age 105 years old on March 13, 2004.
Jessie F Orange of Ruthton, Pipestone County, MN was born on June 29, 1897, and died at age 105 years old on October 27, 2002.
Sarah Orange of Alexandria, Rapides County, Louisiana was born on September 1, 1872, and died at age 103 years old in July 1976.
Joseph J Orange of Atlantic City, Atlantic County, NJ was born on April 20, 1885, and died at age 104 years old on December 25, 1989.
Bessie J Orange of Brewton, Escambia County, AL was born on August 26, 1908, and died at age 100 years old on July 24, 2009.
Paul Orange of New Rochelle, Westchester County, NY was born on January 1, 1873, and died at age 101 years old in February 1974.
Willie R Orange of Rochester, Butler County, KY was born on October 22, 1908, and died at age 100 years old on May 5, 2009.
Margaret W Orange of Evanston, Cook County, IL was born on August 18, 1903, and died at age 99 years old on March 6, 2003.
Frances D Orange of Cleveland, Bolivar County, MS was born on September 4, 1888, and died at age 99 years old on March 15, 1988.
Ruth Orange of Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida was born on January 5, 1910, and died at age 99 years old on January 20, 2009.
Eunice I Orange of Stamps, Lafayette County, AR was born on February 6, 1903, and died at age 99 years old on February 13, 2002.
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