The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1939-1945

Surnames Commencing with A


Name ABRAHAMS, Richard James
Number 37663
Rank Squadron Leader
Nationality British
Born Hampstead, London, 28 June 1912
Arrived 21 September 1941
Departed 27 September 1941
Decorations OBE (1949)
Notes Commanded 41 Squadron for one week in the absence of Squadron Leader Lionel M. Gaunce; retired July 1967

Name ADAMS, Dennis Arthur
Number 90537
Rank Pilot Officer
Nationality British
Born Banbury, Oxon., 6 May 1913
Arrived 29 September 1940
Departed 5 March 1941
Notes Retired May 1958, retaining Squadron Leader; died 1995

Name ADAMS, Stanley Bruce
Number J/133839
Rank Flight Sergeant
Nationality Canadian
Born Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 26 May 1921
Arrived 8 October 1943
Departed 1 December 1943
Notes Seriously injured in flying accident, Tangmere, 1 December 1943; spent most of 1944 in hospital; returned to Canada early 1945; died Toronto, 7 July 2002

Name ALDOUS, Eric Stanley
Number 82708
Rank Pilot Officer
Nationality British
Born Sanderstead, Surrey, date unknown
Arrived 12 September 1940
Departed 28 September 1940 (SD/WIA)
Notes Hit by AA & KIA over Flushing, NL, whilst serving with 615 Sqdn., 16 October 1941, aged 23; son of Stanley G. & Winifred M. Aldous of Sanderstead, Surrey; buried in Row A, Grave 30 of Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery, Zeeland, NL

Name ALDRIDGE, Frederick Joseph
Number 42381
Rank Pilot Officer
Nationality Irish
Born Dublin, Ireland, date unknown
Arrived 2 October 1940
Departed 8 December 1940
Decorations Commended for Valuable Services in the Air (1945)
Notes Released from RAF 1947

Name ALLAN, Reginald Connell
Number 401755
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality Australian
Born Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 February 1919
Arrived 9 June 1942
Departed 20 July 1942
Notes Hit by flak & KIA North of Le Havre, France, 20 July 1942, aged 23; son of George & Alma Allan, of Northcote VIC, Australia; buried in Division 67, Row E, Grave 9, of Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Seine Maritime, France

Name ALLEN, John James 'Johnny'
Number 404842, RAAF
Rank Flying Officer
Nationality Australian
Born Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 21 August 1919
Arrived 25 November 1941
Departed 20 June 1942
Notes KIFA during low level aerobatics at Breighton, Yorks., 20 June 1942, aged 22; son of Gerald J. & Rose A. Allen, of Hughenden QLD, Aust.; buried in Section A, Grave 1 of Holme-upon-Spalding Moor (All Saints) Churchyard, Yorks.

Name ALLISON, Jack Whitewell
Number 104382
Rank Sergeant
Nationality British
Born Eltham, London, 10 May 1916
Arrived 13 May 1940
Departed 12 October 1940
Notes Commissioned August 1941; KIFA with 32 MU, 15 October 1942, aged 26; son of George & Violet E. Allison of Eltham, London; remembered on Panel L. H. of the Pontypridd Crematorium, Wales

Name ANDERSON, Robert Edmund 'Andy'
Number 402337
Rank Flight Lieutenant
Nationality Australian
Born New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 22 October 1920
Arrived 18 March 1944
Departed 7 January 1945
Notes Commissioned May 1942; discharged, September 1945; died Maroubra NSW, 10 December 1984

Name ANGUS, Robert Alexander
Number 748062
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality British
Born Edinburgh, Scotland, 17 December 1919
Arrived 12 October 1940
Departed 20 February 1941
Notes Shot down & KIA, 20 February 1941, aged 21; son of Alexander & Margaret P. Angus, of Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland; remembered on Panel 38 of the Runnymede Memorial

Name APPLETON, Arthur Stanley
Number 1576662
Rank Warrant Officer
Nationality British
Born Eastry, Kent, 19 December 1921
Arrived 21 March 1944
Departed 18 December 1944
Notes Hit by flak during attack on train near Münster, Germany, 18 December 1944; baled out & became POW

Name APPLETON, William Henry
Number 931847
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality British
Born Ashwell, Hertfordshire, 28 May 1920
Arrived 19 September 1941
Departed at least 16 May 1942
Notes Commissioned July 1942

Name ARKEL, Jan van
Number 1149979
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality Dutch
Born Buiksloot, Netherlands, 27 August 1919
Arrived 6 January 1942
Departed 15 July 1942
Decorations Knight, Order of Orange Nassau (Netherlands, 1954)
Notes Transferred to RNethAF, 30 October 1946; retired from RNethAF, 1974, retaining Colonel; died 23 February 2011

Name ATKINSON, Thomas Guy
Number 1218340
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality British
Born Runcorn, Cheshire, 29 January 1923
Arrived 14 July 1942
Departed 21 October 1942
Notes Commissioned February 1943; KIA in 56 Sqdn. Typhoon Ib, MM969, aged 21, 3 May 1944; son of Edward W. & Elizabeth A. Atkinson, of St. Albans, Hertforshire;  buried in Division 67, Row P, Grave 18, of Sainte Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France

AUSTEN-SMITH, Roy David, see SMITH, Roy David Austen


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