The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1939-1945

Surnames Commencing with P


Name PAIRMAN, W. R. [Forenames?]
Number 1001096
Rank Flight Sergeant
Nationality British
Born Unknown
Arrived ca. 23 March 1945 (First mentioned on this date)
Departed ca. mid-April 1945 (Listed as 'non-effective, awaiting posting')
Notes Nothing further known about this pilot

Name PALMER, Wilfred
Number 968591 / 110572
Rank Sergeant Pilot / Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
Nationality British
Born Cardiff, Glamorgan, 11 December 1913
Arrived 11 February 1941
Departed 12 April 1942
Decorations DFM (1941)
Notes Commissioned, October 1941; shot down & captured, 12 April 1942; repatriated May 1945

Name PANNELL, Geoffrey Charles Russell
Number 131721
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality New Zealander
Born Christchurch, New Zealand, 22 August 1913
Arrived 12 May 1941
Departed 15 July 1941
Decorations DFC (1942), French Croix de Guerre with Palms (1943)
Notes Commissioned August 1941; transferred to reserve, January 1946; retired July 1962; died Christchurch, New Zealand, 3 May 1980

Name PARRY, Hugh Lawrence
Number 89399
Rank Flight Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born Dartford, Kent, 29 October 1915
Arrived 7 April 1943
Departed 24 September 1943
Notes Commissioned December 1940; shot down near Crillon, France, 24 September 1943; evaded capture until February 1944; repatriated April 1945

Name PAYNE, Jim Charles Joe, 'Jimmy'
Number 1331403 / 170730
Rank Sergeant Pilot / Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
Nationality British
Born Edmonton, Middlesex, 28 January 1921
Arrived 5 July 1943
Departed 7 March 1945
Notes Commissioned January 1944; discharged early Summer 1946; died October 2008

Name PEARSON, James McLean
Number 40986
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality New Zealander
Born Greymouth, New Zealand, 14 March 1920
Arrived 11 March 1941
Departed 22 June 1941
Decorations MiD (1944)
Notes Commissioned June 1943; transferred to Reserve, January 1946; commissioned in RNZAF, May 1949; retired March 1975, retaining Flight Lieutenant; died 29 January 2009

Name PIDDOCKE, Bernard Gregory 'Piddle'
Number 70813
Rank Pilot Officer
Nationality British
Born Wooler, Yorkshire, 1919
Arrived 20 March 1939
Departed 17 October 1940
Notes Transferred to ATA, White Waltham, as Ferry Pilot, 13 November 1940

Name PINNY, John Anthony Hurst
Number 1180017
Rank Flight Sergeant
Nationality British
Born Northampton, 12 January 1921
Arrived 31 October 1941
Departed ca. July 1942
Decorations Czech Military Cross (1946)
Notes Commissioned July 1942; KIA whilst serving with 313 (Czech) Squadron, 1 February 1945, aged 24; son of Horace G. & Nellie M. Pinny of Wootton, Northamptonshire; buried in Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium, Grave I. B. 13.

Name POLAK, Jerzy
Number P.1802
Rank Flying Officer
Nationality Polish
Born Poland, 20 September 1918
Arrived 19 December 1942
Departed 29 April 1943
Decorations Polish KW [Krzyz Walecznych / Cross of Valour] (1944), 1st Bar to KW (1944), 2nd Bar to KW (1944)
Notes Attended Officer Cadet School, Deblin, Poland, 1938-1939; evacuated Poland for France, 1939; evacuated France for UK, June 1940; remained in UK after War

Name POYNTON, Thomas Rex
Number 86361
Rank Pilot Officer, Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant)
Nationality South African
Born Eshowe, Zululand, 22 March 1920
Arrived 16 April 1942
Departed 23 April 1943
Notes Commissioned September 1940; seniority reduced to KIA, 23 April 1943, aged 23; son of Thomas & Gladys Poynton of Eshowe, Zululand; remembered on Panel 120 of the Runnymede Memorial

Name PRICKETT, Leslie Alfred
Number 1051809 / 139811
Rank Sergeant Pilot / Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
Nationality British
Born Stockport, England, 22 April 1922
Arrived 2 July 1942
Departed 27 August 1943
Notes Commissioned January 1943; shot down & captured, 27 August 1943; relinquished commission in RAFVR, retaining wartime rank, on appointment to RAuxAF, February 1947

Back to Top