Orange was born in 1935, in Shildon, County Durham and was educated
at St. Mary's Grammar School, in Darlington, and at Hull
University. Orange served in the Royal Air Force from 1953 to
1956.
In 1962 he went to live in New Zealand and taught History at the
University of Canterbury in Christchurch until he retired in 2002.
His influence as an air power scholar is well known. His former
students include prominent United Kingdom scholars Dr Joel Hayward
and Dr Christina Goulter as well as Dr Adam Claasen of Massey
University and Dr Andrew Conway of King's College London. Orange is
married to Sandra, and has a stepdaughter Sarah.
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