née Powell Father: John Thomas Powell (d. 1920), mother: Lillie [Taylor] (Fuller, d. 1940) prev. Manager and Chief Flight Instructor at St Catherine's Flying Club, Ontario Commercial Pilot's licence in December 1941 m. 1942 Darwin Kitchener 'Deke' Orr (a fellow flight instructor, also from Toronto; they separated "shortly afterwards") Made one trans-Atlantic flight as 'supernumerary co-pilot' (i.e. 'passenger') in B-17 HB815, 10-11 Jun 1944 Sailed back to the USA, on the 'Queen Mary', arriving on 8 Oct 1944 Appointed to the Order of Canada, 6 Jul 1993 d. 4 April 1995 in a car accident - Peterborough, Ontario https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Alice_Orr
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