The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1939-1946
Surnames Commencing with A
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| Name |
ABRAHAMS,
Richard James |
| Number |
37663 |
| Rank |
Squadron Leader |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Hampstead, London, 28 June 1912 |
| Arrived |
21 September 1941 |
| Departed |
27 September 1941 |
| Decorations |
OBE (1949) |
| Notes |
OC 41 Sqn, 21-27 Sep 1940; commanded 41 Sqn for one
week in the absence of Sqn Ldr Lionel M. Gaunce; retired Jul 1967; died
Canterbury, Dec 1993 |
| Name |
ADAMS,
Dennis Arthur 'Fanny' |
| Number |
90537 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Banbury, Oxon., 6 May 1913 |
| Arrived |
29 September 1940 |
| Departed |
5 March 1941 |
| Notes |
Retired May 1958 & emigrated
to South Africa, retaining
Sqn Ldr; died 1995 |
| Name |
ADAMS,
Stanley Bruce 'Bruce' |
| Number |
J/133839 |
| Rank |
Flight Sergeant / Pilot
Officer |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Born |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 26
May 1921 |
| Arrived |
8 October 1943 |
| Departed |
1 December 1943 |
| Notes |
Commissioned 1 Dec 1943; seriously injured in flying
accident, Tangmere, 1 Dec 1943; returned
to Canada early 1945; died Toronto, 7 July 2002 |
| Name |
ALDOUS,
Eric Stanley |
| Number |
82708 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Sanderstead, Surrey, 1
January
1918 |
| Arrived |
12 September 1940 |
| Departed |
28 September 1940 (SD/WIA) |
| Notes |
Hit by AA & KIA over Flushing,
NL, whilst serving with 615 Sqn, 16 Oct 1941, aged 23; son of Stanley G.
& Winifred M. Aldous of Sanderstead, Surrey; buried in Row A, Grave 30 of
Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery, Zeeland, NL |
| Name |
ALDRIDGE,
Frederick Joseph |
| Number |
42381 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
Irish |
| Born |
Dublin, Ireland, ca April 1919 |
| Arrived |
2 October 1940 |
| Departed |
8 December 1940 |
| Decorations |
Commended for Valuable Services
in the Air (1945) |
| Notes |
Released from RAF 1947; died
Pointe-Claire, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 24 June 1990 |
| Name |
ALLAN,
Reginald Connell |
| Number |
401755 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
Australian |
| Born |
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,
19 February 1919 |
| Arrived |
9 June 1942 |
| Departed |
20 July 1942 |
| Notes |
Hit by AA & KIA North of Le
Havre, France, 20 July 1942, aged 23; son of George & Alma Allan, of Northcote
VIC, Australia; buried in Division 67, Row E, Grave 9, of Ste. Marie Cemetery,
Le Havre, Seine Maritime, France |
| Name |
ALLEN,
John James 'Johnny' |
| Number |
404842 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
Australian |
| Born |
Charters Towers, Queensland,
Australia, 21 August 1919 |
| Arrived |
25 November 1941 |
| Departed |
20 June 1942 |
| Notes |
KIFA during low level aerobatics
at Breighton, Yorks, 20 June 1942, aged 22; son of Gerald J. & Rose A.
Allen, of Hughenden QLD, Aust.; buried in Section A, Grave 1 of Holme-upon-Spalding
Moor (All Saints) Churchyard, Yorks. |
| Name |
ALLISON,
Jack Whitewell |
| Number |
104382 |
| Rank |
Sergeant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Eltham, London, 10 May 1916 |
| Arrived |
13 May 1940 |
| Departed |
12 October 1940 |
| Notes |
Commissioned August 1941; KIFA
with 32 MU,
15 Oct 1942, aged 26; son of George & Violet E. Allison of Eltham, London;
remembered on Panel L. H. of the Pontypridd Crematorium, Wales |
| Name |
AMBROSE,
Henry 'Poppa' |
| Number |
156922 |
| Rank |
Squadron Leader |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
London, 3 March
1921 |
| Arrived |
28 January 1946 |
| Departed |
31 March 1946 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1945), Bar to DFC
(1945) |
| Notes |
Commissioned, Aug 1943; OC
41 Sqn, 28 Jan-31 Mar 1946; retired Oct 1964, retaining Wg Cdr; died
Brent, London, March
1993 |
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| Name |
ANDERSON,
Robert Edmund 'Andy' |
| Number |
402337 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
Australian |
| Born |
New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia, 22 October 1920 |
| Arrived |
18 March 1944 |
| Departed |
7 January 1945 |
| Notes |
Commissioned May 1942; discharged,
September 1945; died Maroubra NSW, 10 Dec 1984 |
| Name |
ANGUS,
Robert Alexander |
| Number |
748062 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Edinburgh, Scotland, 17 December
1919 |
| Arrived |
12 October
1940 |
| Departed |
20 February 1941 |
| Notes |
Shot down & KIA, 20 February
1941, aged 21; son of Alexander & Margaret P. Angus, of Portobello, Edinburgh,
Scotland; remembered on Panel 38 of the Runnymede Memorial |
| Name |
APPLETON,
Arthur Stanley |
| Number |
1576662 |
| Rank |
Warrant Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Eastry, Kent, 19 December 1921 |
| Arrived |
21 March 1944 |
| Departed |
18 December 1944 |
| Notes |
Hit by flak during attack on
train near Münster, Germany, 18 Dec 1944; baled out & became POW;
died Portsmouth, Hants, 26 December 2001 |
| Name |
APPLETON,
William Henry |
| Number |
931847 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Ashwell, Hertfordshire, 28 May
1920 |
| Arrived |
19 September 1941 |
| Departed |
ca 27 May 1942 (last
mentioned on this date) |
| Notes |
Commissioned July 1942; died
Tenterden, Kent, 15 May 2007 |
| Name |
ARKEL,
Jan van |
| Number |
1149979 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
Dutch |
| Born |
Buiksloot, Netherlands, 27 August
1919 |
| Arrived |
6 January 1942 |
| Departed |
15 July 1942 |
| Decorations |
Knight, Order of Orange Nassau
(Netherlands, 1954) |
| Notes |
Transferred to RNethAF, 30 October
1946; retired from RNethAF, 1974, retaining Colonel; died 23 Feb
2011 |
| Name |
ASH,
Harry |
| Number |
1428494 |
| Rank |
Warrant Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Unknown |
| Arrived |
14 January 1946 |
| Departed |
ca 31 March 1946 |
| Notes |
Nothing else known of this
pilot, details sought |
|
| Name |
ATKINSON,
Thomas Guy |
| Number |
1218340 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Runcorn,
Cheshire, 29 January 1923 |
| Arrived |
14 July 1942 |
| Departed |
21 October 1942 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Feb 1943; KIA in 56 Sqn Typhoon Ib, MM969, aged 21, 3 May 1944; son
of Edward W. & Elizabeth A. Atkinson, of St. Albans, Hertforshire;
buried in Division 67, Row P, Grave 18, of Sainte Marie Cemetery, Le Havre,
France |
AUSTEN-SMITH, Roy David, see
SMITH, Roy David Austen
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