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Sgt. Gilbert Joseph Orton
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 210 Squadron
from:Ward End, Birmingham.
(d.22nd March 1943)
Gilbert Orton was the Son of Albert Henry and Germaine Orton, of Ward End, Birmingham.
He was aged 21 when his Catalina crashed in the sea near Sagres.
He is buried in the Sagres Cemetery in Portugal.