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Secret SAS Missions In Africa: C Squadron's Counter-Terrorist Operations 1968-1980
By Michael Graham
"C": Biography of Sir Maurice Oldfield
By Richard Deacon
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 47978" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Orr</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Emmett Somers</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>38 Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron (3 A.R.R. Group) (35 Civil Engineer Squadron,35 Tactical Fighter Wing,attached)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Staff Sergeant</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>57206319</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>10th October 1968</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>37</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Springfield National Cemetery,Springfield,Greene County,Missouri Section 34 Site 961</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Ashland,Kentucky</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 19.2.1931</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>husband of Patsy Orr (3 children William,John and Elizabeth)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>entered service 1950 (18 years)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>served in Korean War</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award Air Medal</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>promoted Technical Sgt posthumously</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>aircrew</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>HH-43B Huskie helicopter</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>killed in helicopter crash (non hostile) Ninh Thuan Province,South Vietnam</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 41W Line 42</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/e-orr-grave.17274/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/17/17274-37bc627a42e17bfac3d48ffc02d2dd35.jpg?1591399949" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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