The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1939-1945

Surnames Commencing with L


Name LANE, Roy 'Lulu'
Number 41028
Rank Flight Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born Southsea, Hampshire, 12 September 1919
Arrived 6 April 1943
Departed 27 September 1943 (last mentioned in ORB on this date)
Notes Executed by Japanese in Burma, as Squadron Leader, 26 April 1944, aged 24; son of Sidney J. & Edith Lane of Southampton; buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar (Burma), Grave 17. A. 24.

Name LANGLEY, Gerald Archibald
Number 81641
Rank Pilot Officer
Nationality British
Born Potterspury, Northamptonshire, date unknown 1916
Arrived 18 June 1940
Departed 15 September 1940
Notes KIA, 15 September 1940, aged 24; son of Archibald F. M. & Mary E. Langley of Northampton; buried in Grave 1300 of Abington (SS Peter & Paul) Churchyard, Northamptonshire

Name LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward
Number NZ.411494
Rank Flight Lieutenant
Nationality New Zealander
Born Auckland, New Zealand, 16 October 1919
Arrived 20 February 1945
Departed ca. August 1945
Notes Commissioned 25 September 1941; died 1986

Name LECKY, John Gage
Number 33570
Rank Pilot Officer
Nationality British
Born Yokohama, Japan, 1921
Arrived 2 October 1940
Departed 11 October 1940
Notes KIA, 11 October 1940, aged 19; son of Lt. Col. John G. & Marion D. H. Lecky of Lower Bourne; buried in Tilford (All Saints) Churchyard, Surrey

Name LEGARD, William Ernest 'Billy'
Number 34045
Rank Flying Officer
Nationality British
Born Brompton, 24 July 1911
Arrived 26 November 1939
Departed 1 June 1940
Notes KIA over Dunkirk, France, 1 June 1940, aged 29; son of Digby & Elaine Legard, & husband of Alice Legard of York; remembered on Panel 6 of the Runnymede Memorial

Name LE ROUX, Jacobus Johannes 'Chris'
Number 42240
Rank Pilot Officer
Nationality South African
Born Heidelberg, Transvaal, South Africa, 1920
Arrived 9 December 1940
Departed 19 February 1941
Decorations DFC (1941), 1st Bar to DFC (1942), 2nd Bar to DFC (1943)
Notes KIA 29 August 1944, whilst CO of 602 Squadron; remembered on Panel 200 of the Runnymede Memorial

Name LISTER, Robert Charles Franklin
Number 33118
Rank Squadron Leader
Nationality British
Born 23 August 1913
Arrived 8 September 1940
Departed 14 September 1940
Decorations DFC (1938)
Notes CO, 8-14 September 1940 (WIA); retired 31 October 1954, retaining Group Captain; died March 1998

Name LLEWELLYN, Reginald Thomas
Number 565271
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality British
Born Bristol, 25 March 1914
Arrived 25 November 1939
Departed 30 December 1939
Decorations DFM (1940)
Notes Commissioned November 1941; retired March 1957, retaining Flight Lieutenant

Name LLOYD, John Maxwell Wauchope 'Max'
Number 1177131
Rank Flight Sergeant
Nationality British
Born Birmingham, 21 May 1920
Arrived 24 September 1941
Departed 20 August 1942
Decorations DFC (1945)
Notes Commissioned 1942; retired May 1955; died 21 November 1987

Name LLOYD, Philip David
Number 745794
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality British
Born Loughton, Essex, 1917
Arrived September 1940
Departed 15 October 1940
Notes Died 15 October 1940, aged 23; son of James & Elizabeth K. Lloyd of Loughton, & husband of Phyllis I. Lloyd; buried in High Beech (Holy Innocents) Churchyard, Essex

Name LOCK, Eric Stanley 'Sawn Off Lockie'
Number 81642
Rank Pilot Officer
Nationality British
Born Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 19 April 1919
Arrived 18 June 1940
Departed 17 November 1940
Decorations DFC (1940), Bar to DFC (1940), DSO (1940), MiD (1941)
Notes KIA near Calais with 611 Squadron, 3 August 1941; remembered on Panel 29 of the Runnymede Memorial

Name LONDON, Jack
Number 935631
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality British
Born Unknown
Arrived 11 February 1941
Departed 11 May 1941
Notes Commissioned October 1941

Name LOVELL, Anthony Desmond Joseph
Number 40402
Rank Pilot Officer, Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born Hatton, Ceylon [Sri Lanka], 9 August 1919
Arrived 20 August 1938 (attached to SHQ Catterick for Operations Room Duties, 22 July-20 November 1939, and to 53 OTU, Heston, 20-24 February 1941)
Departed 31 May 1941
Decorations DFC (1940), Bar to DFC (1942), DSO (1942), U.S. DFC (1944), Bar to DSO (1945)
Notes Commissioned January 1938; KIFA at Old Sarum, 17 August 1945, aged 26; son of the late Stuart C. A., and of Clare M. Lovell, of Portrush, Northern Ireland; buried in Portrush Cemetery, Co. Antrim, Section F, Grave 1153; see also: The Crash of Flying Officer Anthony D. J. Lovell, 1940

Name LOWETH, Ronald Arthur
Number 125537
Rank Flying Officer
Nationality British
Born Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, 7 April 1916
Arrived 5 July 1943
Departed ca. 10 January 1944 (last mentioned in ORB on this date)
Notes Commissioned May 1942; little further known about this pilot

Name LYONS, Gordon Howard
Number R.80184
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality Canadian
Born Morden, Manitoba, Canada, 20 June 1916
Arrived 4 November 1941
Departed 18 December 1941
Notes KIA whilst serving with 33 Squadron, Acroma, Libya, 28 May 1942, aged 25; son of Howard T. & Sadie M. Lyons of Vancouver, BC, Canada; remembered on Column 264 of the Alamein Memorial, Egypt

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