The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1916-1919
Surnames Commencing with B
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| Name |
BAILEY,
Louis John |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant (Fg Off) |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
ca 1893 |
| Arrived |
ca 27 May 1917 (first
mentioned on this date) |
| Departed |
17 June 1917 |
| Notes |
Commissioned May 1917; died
of injuries sustained in a flying accident, 17 June 1917, aged 24; son
of Ellen Bailey of Norbury, London, & the late William Bailey; native of
Thornton Heath, Surrey; buried in Grave XIII.A.23, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium |
| Name |
BAILEY,
Wilbert Irvine |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Honorary Captain (Fg Off) |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Born |
St. Marys, Ontario, Canada, 10 September
1892 |
| Arrived |
16 May 1917 |
| Departed |
8 June 1917 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in Canadian
Army, Feb 1915; seconded to RFC, May 1917; wounded in action, Messines,
& hospitalised, 8 June 1917; ceased secondment to RAF Jan 1919;
relinquished commission in Army on ceasing to be employed, Jan 1919;
commissioned in Canadian Air Force, Feb 1919; struck off strength CEF, Oct 1920 |
| Name |
BAKER,
Valentine Henry 'Bake' |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant, Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Llanfairfechan, North Wales, 24
August 1888 |
| Arrived |
At least 15 October 1916 |
| Departed |
25 June 1917 |
| Decorations |
MC (1917), AFC (1918) |
| Notes |
Enlisted in RNAS, 1914; WIA, Gallipoli, 25 April
1915; evacuated & repatriated to UK; seconded to RFC, 1916; commissioned
in RAF, Oct 1919; relinquished commission, Oct 1921, retaining Capt; founding Director & Test Pilot
of Martin-Baker Aircraft
Company, 1934; killed in a flying accident, Wing Aerodrome, Buckinghamshire, 12 September 1942; husband of Dilys Baker of Surbiton, Surrey; buried
Rural District Cemetery, Wing, Buckinghamshire |
| Name |
BARKER,
Arthur Francis |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
25
November 1897 |
| Arrived |
At least 14 October 1916 |
| Departed |
8 June 1917 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Sep 1916; relinquished commission due to ill health, Feb
1919 |
| Name |
BARKSDALE, Eugene Hay |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
American |
| Born |
Goshen Springs, Mississippi, USA,
5 November 1897 |
| Arrived |
30 July 1918 |
| Departed |
13 October 1918 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RFC, May
1918; transferred to AEF,
Oct 1918; killed in a flying accident, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio,
Aug 1926; buried Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia; Barksdale
AFB, Bosier City, Louisiana, & Barksdale Street, on Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts, named in his honour |
| Name |
BARLOW,
Robin Tudor |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant/Flying
Officer |
| Nationality |
Unknown |
| Born |
Unknown |
| Arrived |
17 May 1916 |
| Departed |
22 May 1916 |
| Notes |
Missing while on 52 Sqn, 30
July 1918; little further known about this man, further information
sought |
| Name |
BARTLETT, Ernest Bennett Worsley |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Godshill, Isle of Wight, 12 February 1898 |
| Arrived |
At least 24 October 1916 |
| Departed |
20 May 1917 |
| Notes |
WIA, 20 May 17; commissioned
in RAFO, Dec 1926; died Isle of Wight, 27 July 1977 |
| Name |
BARWELL, Humphrey Eames |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
28 September 1898 |
| Arrived |
22 November 1917 |
| Departed |
3 February 1918 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RFC, Jul
1917; killed in a flying accident, 3 February 1918; son of William
& Emily C. Barwell of Edgbaston, Birmingham; buried in Grave III.A.1, Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Somme, France |
| Name |
BEAN,
Christopher Oliver |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
5 January 1897 |
| Arrived |
3 October 1916 |
| Departed |
26 October 1916 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RFC, Sep
1916; injured in a flying accident & hospitalised, Abeele, 26 October 1916; commissioned in
RAF, Apr 1918; commissioned (74419) in RAFVR, Sep 1939; relinquished commission,
Feb 1954, retaining Sqn Ldr |
| Name |
BEATSON,
Claude Gordon |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
13 January 1894 |
| Arrived |
13 October 1916 |
| Departed |
ca September 1917 |
| Decorations |
Knight, Order of the Crown
of Italy (1918); French Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star (1919), Knight,
Belgian Order of Leopold
1st Class (1919), Belgian Croix de Guerre with
Palm (1919) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in Army; seconded
to RFC,
Nov 1915; Adjutant, 41 Sqn, Feb 1917; Unemployed List, Mar 1919 |
| Name |
BELL,
?. ?. [Forenames?] |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Captain |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Unknown |
| Arrived |
ca 5 June 1917 (first
mentioned on this date) |
| Departed |
Unknown |
| Notes |
Is this Charles Gordon Bell who trained 41 Squadron
at Gosport in 1916? |
| Name |
BOOTH, Frank Beckingham |
| Number |
19551 |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant (Fg Off) |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
England, 16 December 1898 |
| Arrived |
1 November 1918 |
| Departed |
19 January 1919 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Sep 1918;
transferred to Unemployed List, 20 Jun 19; further information sought |
| Name |
BOWMAN, Geoffrey Hilton
‘Beery’ |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Major |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Barton, England, 2 May
1891 |
| Arrived |
9 February 1918 |
| Departed |
7 February 1919 |
| Decorations |
MC (1917), Bar to MC (1917),
DSO (1918), DFC (1919) Belgian Croix de Guerre (1919) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in Army, Aug 1914; seconded to RFC, Mar
1916; OC, 41 Sqn, 9 February 1918-7 February 1919; relinquished commission in
Army on permanent
commission in RAF, Aug 1919; retired Jan 1937; recalled, Sep 1939-Dec 1941; retired as Wg Cdr,
retaining Gp Capt, Dec 1941; died 25 Mar 1970 |
| Name |
BROWNING, Stanley Forrester |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Lieutenant, Captain |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Unknown |
| Arrived |
At least 15 October 1916 |
| Departed |
3 May 1917 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in Army, Oct
1915; KIA near Roulers, 3 May 1917; son of Mrs. K. Browning of Purley, Surrey; buried in Grave
LXIII.D5., Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, Flanders, Belgium |
| Name |
BRUCE,
William |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
14 June 1888 |
| Arrived |
9 February 1917 |
| Departed |
4 May 1917 |
| Notes |
Born in Scotland but
emigrated to Canada & joined up in Canada; injured in forced-landing after engine failure, 4 May
1917; KIA, 25 May 1918 |
| Name |
BUCKNALL,
Claude Vernon Aristides |
| Number |
19999 |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant (Fg Off) |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Swansea, 18 May 1892 |
| Arrived |
13 August 1918 |
| Departed |
5 October 1918 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in Army, Sep
1917; shot down West of Menin, Belgium, & captured, 5 October 1918; relinquished RAF commission on return to Army duties, Nov
1919; seconded to
RAF, Jan 1920; committed suicide after marriage proposal rejected, 7 September 1923 |
| Name |
BURNS,
Gilbert Franklin |
| Number |
18826 |
| Rank |
Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
8 July 1899 |
| Arrived |
15 July 1918 |
| Departed |
23 August 1918 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RFC, Oct
1917; transferred to Unemployed List, Jan 1919 |
| Name |
BUSH, John Stewart de-Lisle |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Captain |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
ca 1896 |
| Arrived |
9 May 1917 |
| Departed |
25 August 1917 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jul 1913; seconded
to RFC, Jul 1916; killed in action, Sorel-le-Grand, 25 August 1917; son of
Mr & Mrs George de Lisle Bush of Eastington Park, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire; buried
in Grave I.A.16, Honnechy British Cemetery Nord, France |
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