The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1939-1945

Surnames Commencing with V


Name VALIQUET, Charles Napoleon
Number R.10251
Rank Sergeant Pilot, Warrant Officer
Nationality Canadian
Born Quebec, Canada, 17 September 1920
Arrived 12 July 1941
Departed ca. late March 1942
Notes MIA/FTR, presumed dead, operating from USS "Wasp" whilst ferrying an aircraft to Malta, 9 May 1942, aged 21; son of Charles N. & Jane S. Valiquet, of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; remembered on Panel 101 of the Runnymede Memorial

VAN ARKEL, Jan, see ARKEL, Jan van

VAN DER STOK, Bram, see STOK, Bram van der

VAN EENDENBURG, Leendert Carel Marie, see EENDENBURG, Leendert Carel Marie van

VAN GOENS, Rijklof, see GOENS, Rijklof van

VAN ROOD, Albert, see ROOD, Albert van


Name VANN, W. H. [Forenames?]
Number 1123162
Rank Flight Sergeant
Nationality British
Born Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, 29 November 1921
Arrived 21 July 1943
Departed ca. December 1943
Decorations Unknown
Notes Little further known about this pilot; previously served with 24 Squadron in the United Kingdom and North Africa

Name VINE, Edward Ernest
Number 1114209
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality British
Born Liverpool, Lancashire, 7 June 1921
Arrived ca. July 1942
Departed ca. 4 November 1942 (Last mentioned in ORB on this date)
Notes Shot down and WIA by Me109s south of Comiso, Italy, in 1435 Squadron Spitfire Vc operating from Luqa, Malta, and captured, 3 March 1943

Name VYKOUKAL, Karel Jan 'Sudl'
Number 81902
Rank Flight Lieutenant
Nationality Czechoslovakian
Born Chotebor, Czechoslovakia, 20 December 1916
Arrived 14 April 1942
Departed 21 May 1942
Notes Hit by flak and KIA, Seine Estuary, France, 21 May 1942, aged 25; remembered on Panel 66 of the Runnymede Memorial

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