The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF,
1923-1939
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| Name |
ADAMS, John Simon Leslie ‘Fanny’ |
| Number |
09204 |
| Rank |
Squadron Leader |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Newbold Pacey, Warks,
23 August 1901 |
| Arrived |
22 February 1937 |
| Departed |
28 August 1939 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jan
1921; OC 41 Sqn, 4 March 1937-28 August 1939; retired as Wg
Cdr, Oct 1946, died 29 Aug 1971 or 1972 |
| Name |
ADDAMS, Anthony Clifford |
| Number |
17228 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying
Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Pancras,
London, 8 March 1904 |
| Term 1 |
14 July-17 September
1924 |
| Term 2 |
7 December 1925-16
June 1926 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jul
1923; killed in a flying accident, Northolt, 16 June 1926; 41
Sqn Inter-Flight Addams Cup Competition inaugurated in his honour |
| Name |
AITKEN, Robert Stanley ‘Stanley’ &
‘The Scoutmaster’ |
| Number |
02035 |
| Rank |
Squadron Leader |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Edmonton, Middlesex,
1 April 1896 |
| Term 1 |
ca 15 October-10
December 1916 |
| Term 2 |
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 1916; 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 |
ALLEN, William Shepherd |
| Number |
03118 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Manchester, Lancashire,
24 January 1895 |
| Arrived |
19 November 1924 |
| Departed |
6 October 1926 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jun
1918; retired Jul 1935; granted honorary commission in RAFVR,
Dec 1941-Nov 1945; ret as Gp Capt, Nov 1945; died Stoke-on-Trent,
Staffs, 1974 |
| Name |
ANDREWS, Hugh Thornley |
| Number |
22015 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying
Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Swansea, Glamorgan,
28 July 1907 |
| Arrived |
13 August 1926 |
| Departed |
28 February 1930 |
| Decorations |
OBE (1942) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Sep
1925; relinquished commission, Mar 1934; commissioned in RAFVR
(75193), Sep 1939; retired as Wg Cdr, Feb 1954; died Fuerteventura,
Canary Islands, 17 Jun 1980 |
| Name |
ANDREWS, William Arthur |
| Number |
22037 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Gibraltar, 2 February
1906 |
| Arrived |
18 August 1928 |
| Departed |
31 May 1929 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Sep
1925; resigned commission, May 1929; served in the ATA Dec 1940-Apr
1943, died Isle of Wight, March 1977 |
| Name |
APPLETON, Charles Henry |
| Number |
24139 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying
Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Ballincolig, Ireland,
29 November 1906 |
| Arrived |
1 September 1928 |
| Departed |
30 March 1930 |
| Decorations |
MiD (1940), DFC
(1940), DSO (1941), Czech War Cross (1942), MiD (1943), CBE
(1943) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Sep
1927; wounded in bombing attack & left leg amputated, Nov
1942; KIA in 247 Sqn Typhoon, 12 Aug 1944, aged 38; son of the
late Capt Henry M. & Maud Appleton & husband of Yvonne
M. Appleton of Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia; bur Grave IV.C.14,
Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery, Normandy |
| Name |
ARBUTHNOT, Terence John 'Terry' |
| Number |
16234 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying
Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Youghal, Cork, Ireland,
8 October 1906 |
| Arrived |
11 December 1926 |
| Departed |
31 August 1930 |
| Decorations |
MiD (1936), MiD
(1946), Dutch Order of Leopold I (1947), Begian Croix de Guerre
with Palm (1947) |
| Notes |
Commissioned on
graduation from Cranwell, Dec 1926; retired as Gp Capt, Oct
1954; died Kensington, 31 Dec 1995 |
| Name |
ATTAWAY, Alfred Bertie |
| Number |
330470 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Preston-next-Faversham,
Kent, 6 February 1902 |
| Arrived |
1927 |
| Departed |
1928 |
| Decorations |
MiD (1942), MiD
(1943) |
| Notes |
Warrant Officer
throughout WWII; died Liverpool, 21 Apr 1982 |
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