The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1939-1945

Surnames Commencing with C


Name CAMBRIDGE, Roy Frank
Number 67091
Rank Pilot Officer
Nationality British
Born London SW, 13 July 1921
Arrived 29 August 1941
Departed ca. May 1942?
Decorations Unknown
Notes Transferred to ASD Branch, September 1942; transferred to Technical Branch, February 1943

Name CARBURY, Brian John George
Number 40288
Rank Acting Pilot Officer, Pilot Officer
Nationality New Zealander in RAF
Born Wellington, New Zealand, 27 February 1918
Arrived 9 July 1938
Departed att. 603 Squadron, 6 October; posted to 603 Squadron, 24 October 1939
Decorations DFC (1940), Bar to DFC (1940)
Notes Court-martialled and dismissed from RAF, October 1941, possibly due to bounced cheques; died UK, 1962

Name CARR-LEWTY, Robert Albert
Number 580095
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality British
Born Bradford, Yorkshire, 6 July 1911
Arrived 1 October 1937
Departed ca. 9 September 1940 (last mentioned on this date)
Decorations AFC (1945)
Notes Relinquished commission, July 1956, retaining Flight Lieutenant; became Doctor (MB ChB), 1964; died Yorkshire, March 1994

Name CARTER, Leslie Raymond
Number 754236
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality British
Born Shenley, Hertfordshire, date unknown
Arrived 1 October 1940
Departed ca. December 1940-January 1941
Notes MIA/KIA whilst serving with 74 Squadron, 6 July 1941, aged 21; son of Albert W. & Jeanetta C. Carter, of Shenley, Herts.; remembered on Panel 35 of the Runnymede Memorial

Name CHALDER, Harry Hutchinson
Number 43691
Rank Pilot Officer
Nationality British
Born Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, date unknown 1915
Arrived 15 September 1940
Departed 10 November 1940
Notes Seriously WIA, 28 September 1940; DOW, Halton Hospital, 10 November 1940; buried in Newcastle upon Tyne (St. Nicholas) Cemetery, Northumberland, Section W, Grave 300

Name CHALMERS, John Allan
Number 785066 / 201462
Rank Warrant Officer / Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
Nationality British
Born Shanghai, China, 6 June 1920
Arrived 7 March 1945
Departed 25 October 1945
Notes Commissioned October 1945; repatriated to Shanghai on demobilisation; died 15 June 2011

Name CHAPMAN, Raymond
Number 971230
Rank Sergeant
Nationality British
Born Gateshead, Durham, 22 May 1917
Arrived 22 April 1941
Departed 12 August 1941
Notes Shot down near Hazebrouck, France, and captured, 12 August 1941; repatriated 1945

Name CHAPMAN, Robert Hugh
Number 40510
Rank Squadron Leader
Nationality British
Born Hong Kong, 9 February 1919
Arrived 28 May 1944
Departed 28 August 1944
Decorations Unknown
Notes CO, 28 May to 28 August 1944; retired March 1958; died 1989

Name CHAPPELL, Charles Gordon
Number 40672
Rank Flight Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born Manchester, 7 September 1915
Arrived ca. 6 September 1942 (first mentioned on this date)
Departed ca. 27 November 1942 (last mentioned on this date)
Notes Commissioned May 1938; relinquished commission April 1965

Name CHARNOCK, Harry Walpole
Number 147902
Rank Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born Chorley, Lancashire, 20 June 1905
Arrived August 1944
Departed 7 March 1945
Decorations DFM (1942), DFC (1943), Belgian Knight in the Order of Leopold (1947), Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palm (1947)
Notes Commissioned on graduation from RAF College Cranwell, December 1925; cashiered by General Court Martial for low flying, December 1930; re-joined RAFVR as NCO pilot, September 1939; re-commissioned January 1943; relinquished commission, January 1955; died 24 May 1974

Name CHATTIN, Peter Warren
Number 1239825
Rank Warrant Officer
Nationality British
Born Holly Hall, Dudley, Worcestershire, 1 October 1920
Arrived 10 June 1944
Departed 3 September 1944
Notes KIA 3 September 1944, aged 23; son of Thomas & Olive K. Chattin of Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, & husband of Irene E. Chattin; buried in Geel War Cemetery, Antwerp, Belgium, Grave III.C.13

Name CLANZY, Thomas Keith
Number 976899
Rank Warrant Officer
Nationality British
Born Bridgend, Glamorgan, 19 January 1919
Arrived 6 November 1944
Departed 18 February 1945
Notes Employed in the mining industry in Wales after the War; died Ipswich, Suffolk, 4 September 2009

Name CLARK, Fraser Dudley
Number 414590
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality New Zealander
Born Wanganui, New Zealand, 30 June 1922
Arrived 18 October 1942
Departed 18 February 1943
Notes Commissioned July 1943, KIA 22 August 1943 with 485 Squadron RNZAF, aged 21; son of George and Jessie Clark; buried in Grave C.19 of Pont-Audemer Communal Cemetery, Eure, France

Name CLOUSTON, John Greville
Number 40218
Rank Supernumerary Squadron Leader
Nationality New Zealander
Born Wellington, New Zealand, 8 January 1919
Arrived 8 November 1943
Departed 12 January 1944
Notes SD & captured, 6 June 1944 (165 Sqdn.); while being transported by road as POW, the truck he was travelling in was strafed by Allied fighters & he was injured. He died of his wounds on 21 June 1944, aged 25; son of Allan W. & Violet L. Clouston of Wellington City, NZ; buried in Nantes (Pont-du-Cens) Communal Cemetery, France, Plot L, Row D, Grave 20

Name COATES, Herbert Percival
Number 1262926
Rank Flight Sergeant
Nationality Uruguayan
Born Montevideo, 8 December 1919
Arrived 17 February 1943
Departed ca. 4 March 1943 (last mentioned on this date)
Notes Very little known about this pilot; any information would be appreciated, please

Name COKER, Frank Arthur
Number 402226
Rank Flight Lieutenant
Nationality Australian
Born Sydney, NSW, Australia, 18 September 1913
Arrived 16 February 1942
Departed 17 March 1942
Notes Discharged April 1945; died Belrose NSW, 6 July 1990

Name COLEMAN, Patrick Tinsley
Number 1386814 / 190247
Rank Sergeant Pilot / Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
Nationality British
Born St. John’s Wood, London, 7 July 1922
Arrived 7 June 1944
Departed 6 August 1945
Decorations DFC (1945)
Notes Retired 1960; died 10 August 1962; see also: 41 Squadron and the End of the War in Europe

Name COLLIS, Ronald Thomas Harry
Number 111107
Rank Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born London, 2 July 1920
Arrived 15 August 1943
Departed 18 June 1944
Decorations DFC (1945), MiD (1945)
Notes Commissioned July 1941; transferred to Royal Navy as Flying Instructor, 1950

Name COOK, Arthur Charles
Number 142068
Rank Pilot Officer
Nationality British
Born London, 13 April 1917
Arrived 20 July 1943
Departed ca. 30 August 1943 (last mentioned in flying accident on this date)
Decorations MiD (1945)
Notes Commissioned April 1943

Name COOK, Harry
Number 126096
Rank Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born Grimsby, 31 August 1920
Arrived 16 December 1943
Departed 11 February 1945
Notes Commissioned June 1942, demobilised 1946

Name COOMBES, William Michael
Number 403800
Rank Sergeant Pilot / Pilot Officer
Nationality Australian
Born Tenterfield NSW, 14 February 1918
Arrived 9 June 1942
Departed 18 September 1942
Notes Commissioned August 1942; remained in RAAF after the War (SSC, 1948; PC, 1950); Australian Air Attaché in Vietnam, 1965-1967; retired 14 February 1968, retaining Wing Commander (Hon. Group Captain); died ACT, 8 February 1991

Name COPE, Arthur Reginald
Number 409294
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality Australian
Born Glenferrie, Victoria, Australia, 15 December 1920
Arrived 25 December 1942
Departed 30 January 1943
Notes Died enroute to Malta, 9 March 1943, aged 22, and remembered Column 2, Panel 12, of the Malta Memorial

Name COPLEY, James John Hawke
Number 41258
Rank Pilot Officer
Nationality British
Born Unknown
Arrived 10 June 1939
Departed 14 September 1939
Notes KIFA 14 September 1939, aged 18; son of Sqdn. Ldr. Reginald J. & Josephine M. Copley of Newton, Cambridgeshire; buried in Newton St. Margaret Churchyard, Newton, Cambridgeshire

Name CORY, Guy Webster
Number 40677
Rank Pilot Officer
Nationality British
Born Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire, 2 September 1916
Arrived 17 December 1938
Departed late September 1940
Decorations AFC (1942)
Notes Retired July 1954, retaining Wing Commander; died 20 June 1981

Name COWELL, Peter
Number 124530
Rank Pilot Officer, Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born Loughton, Essex, 16 January 1923
Term 1 17 November 1942-24 July 1944
Term 2 31 January 1945-31 March 1946
Decorations DFC (1945)
Notes Commissioned June 1942; died ca. 2004

Name CROKER, Eric Eugene
Number 391826
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality New Zealander
Born Auckland, New Zealand, 1 January 1917
Arrived 12 May 1941
Departed 2 June 1941
Notes Seriouly injured in flying accident, 1 June 1941, but DOI 2 June 1941, aged 24; son of Eric A. & Ethel M. Croker of Point Chevalier, Auckland, NZ; buried in Catterick Cemetery, Yorks., C. of E. Section, Row M., Grave 18

Name CROSS, Peter David
Number 915594
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality British
Born Hampstead, London, 17 March 1920
Arrived 29 January 1943
Departed 27 February 1943
Notes Commissioned May 1945

Name CURTIS, Keith Roe 'Curt'
Number J/22759
Rank Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
Nationality Canadian
Born Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 21 November 1922
Arrived 8 October 1943
Departed 26 August 1944
Notes Joined RAF in England in 1947 and retired in April 1975, retaining Squadron Leader; died 22 December 2008

Name CZERNIN, Count Manfred Beckett
Number 37148
Rank Flight Lieutenant
Nationality British (Naturalized Austrian)
Born Berlin, Germany, 18 January 1913
Arrived 20 January 1942
Departed ca. February 1942
Decorations DFC (1940), MC (1944), DSO, (1945)
Notes Changed name from Count Manfred Marie Ralph Edmund Czernin to Manfred Beckett (Mother's maiden name), November 1931; changed name from Manfred Beckett to Count Manfred Beckett Czernin (part of original name), November 1936; involved in secret missions in Italian-speaking territory for SOE, 1943-1945; retired January 1958, died in London, 6 October 1962

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