The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1916-1919

Surnames Commencing with A

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Name ACTON, ?. ?. [Forenames?]
Number Unknown
Rank Flying Officer (Lieutenant)
Nationality British
Born Unknown
Arrived January 1919
Departed Unknown
Notes Nothing further known about this pilot; information sought; possibly Ground Staff

Name AITKEN, Robert Stanley ‘Stanley’ & ‘The Scoutmaster’
Number 02035
Rank Flying Officer (Lieutenant)
Nationality British
Born 4 April 1896
Arrived ca October-11 December 1916
Departed 1 September 1928-5 February 1930
Decorations MC (1917), AFC (1918), OBE (1937), CBE (1943?), MiD (1945), CB (1945)
Notes Commissioned in British Army 1915; seconded to RFC, Jan 1917; OC, 41 Sqn, 1 September 1928-5 February 1930; retired Jul 1946, retaining Air Vice-Mshl; died Shalfleet, Isle of Wight, 21 January 1982

Name ALEXANDER, Thomas Malcolmson
Number Unknown
Rank 2nd Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born Edinburgh, Scotland, 23 August 1899
Arrived 28 July 1918
Departed 17 August 1918
Notes Commissioned Feb 1918; shot down and killed west of Wervik, Belgium, 17 August 1918, aged 19; son of Thomas & Elizabeth Alexander of Edinburgh, Scotland; buried in Grave II.F.8, Zantvoorde British Cemetery, Zonnebeke, Flanders, Belgium

Name ALLENBY, Sydney Ernest
Number Unknown
Rank Flying Officer
Nationality British
Born Sculcoates, England, 2 September 1895
Arrived 12 December 1918
Departed 22 December 1918
Notes Commissioned Oct 1917 & seconded to RAF; transferred to Unemployed List, Sep 1919; relinquished commission, Sep 1921

Name ANDERSON, Roy Woodward
Number 9498
Rank 2nd Lieutenant
Nationality South African
Born Dundee, Natal, South Africa, 8 July 1898
Arrived 30 June 1917
Departed 1 February 1918
Notes Commissioned Feb 1917; transferred to Unemployed List, Jun 1919

Name ARBERY, Ernest Edward
Number Unknown
Rank 2nd Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born 9 February 1887
Arrived 24 May 1917
Departed 6 June 1917
Notes Commissioned Apr 1917; killed in a flying accident, 6 June 1917, aged 30; son of Henry & Emily Martha Arbery, of ‘Haslemere’, Over Ross, Herefordshire; buried in Grave 1714, Adinkerke Churchyard Extension, Belgium

Name ARKELL, Henry Denham ‘Harry’
Number Unknown
Rank 2nd Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born Northampshire, 26 June 1898
Arrived 23 October 1917
Departed 9 July 1918
Notes RFC Cadet, commissioned, May 1917; Unemployed List, Jan 1919; relinquished commission, Mar 1921; commissioned in RAFVR, 1938; Sqn Ldr, 1940

Name AVERY, ?. ?. [Forename(s)?]
Number Unknown
Rank Flying Officer (Lieutenant)
Nationality British
Born Unknown
Arrived January 1919
Departed Unknown
Notes Nothing further known about this pilot; information sought; possibly Ground Staff

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