Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Illustrious" yakasiya Scapa Flow muna August ndokusvika muMediterranean naSeptember. Orr akava nyanzvi mumwedzi yakatevera, achiti ndege nomwe dzakapunzirwa pasi kubva pa30 dzakapunzirwa pasi nechikwata chake. Kukunda kwaOrr kwaisanganisira chikepe chinobhururuka cheCANT Z.501 musi wa2 Gunyana uye musi wa4 Gunyana kubva kuDodecanese akatora chikamu mukupfura kwebhomba reSavoia-Marchetti SM.81. Imwe yemabasa makuru okutanga ayo Orr akatora rutivi mairi yakanga iri kugovera chifukidziro chevarwi nokuda kwokurwiswa kweFairey Swordfish pazvikepe zveItaly paTaranto
. Mamwe mabasa aisanganisira kurwisa nzvimbo dzeuto reGermany paBardia, kubhomba Tripoli muLibya, uye kurwisa nhandare dzendege dzeRhodes. Orr akapiwawo mubairo wake wokutanga weDistinguished Service Cross (DSC) nokuda kwebasa rake munguva idzi.