The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1923-1939
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| Name |
BAKER, Frank |
| Number |
561986 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, 5
October 1911 |
| Arrived |
11 March 1934 |
| Departed |
18 May 1934 |
| Notes |
Killed in flying accident;
stuck towed target and dived into
sea during
air firing practice, Holbeach Range, Lincolnshire, 18
May 1934 |
| Name |
BARTHOLOMEW, Rodney James |
| Number |
33927 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
South African |
| Born |
Capetown, South Africa,
28 June 1915 |
| Arrived |
19 February 1938 |
| Departed |
26 April 1938 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jul 1937;
killed in flying accident in 80 Sqn Gladiator, hit ground during dive
bombing practice, near Wadi Natrun, Egypt, 14
July 1939 |
| Name |
BARTON,
Robert Alexander 'Butch' |
| Number |
37664 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Born |
Kamloops, BC, Canada, 7 June
1916 |
| Arrived |
11 October 1936 |
| Departed |
15 May 1940 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1940), Bar to DFC (1941),
OBE (1945) |
| Notes |
Retired as Wg Cdr, Feb 1959;
died New Westminster, BC, Canada, 2 Sep 2010 |
| Name |
BELLAIRS, Edmund Hamon |
| Number |
28032 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying
Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Fontarable, Bajo Bidasoa,
Spain, 24 November 1903 |
| Arrived |
1 April 1930 |
| Departed |
24 March 1931 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Apr 1929; retired Sep
1948, retaining Wg Cdr; died Johannesburg, South Africa, 28 July 1969 |
| Name |
BENNIONS,
George Herman 'Ben' |
| Number |
563057 / 43354 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot / Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Burslem, Staffordshire, 13 March
1913 |
| Arrived |
16 February 1936 |
| Departed |
1 October 1940 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1940) |
| Notes |
Seriously WIA, 1 October
1940; died Richmond, Yorksshire, 13 January 2004 |
| Name |
BETTY,
Stanley Gordon |
| Number |
362786 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Callington, Cornwall, 24
April 1907 |
| Arrived |
14 March 1932 |
| Departed |
8
February 1933 |
| Decorations |
DFM (1937), AFC (1942) |
| Notes |
Commissioned (45040) from Flt Sgt, Dec
1940; Sqn Ldr, Nov 1947; RAFO, Apr 1956; died Aberdeen, 8 Dec 1995 |
| Name |
BINT,
Cyril Charles |
| Number |
332538 |
| Rank |
Sergeant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Aston, Warwickshire, 20 May 1901 |
| Arrived |
7 June 1924 |
| Departed |
1 November 1926 |
| Notes |
Formed company 'Aeroplane
Services Ltd.' with C. H. Bint & A. V. Adams, Birmingham, Apr 1929;
died Kirby Muxloe, Leicester, 4 Aug 1966 |
| Name |
BISHOP,
Frank Anthony Russell 'Tony' |
| Number |
24243 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying
Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Malvern, Worcestershire, 7
August 1909 |
| Arrived |
5 March 1929 |
| Departed |
3 June 1931 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Mar 1928; resigned
commission, Jun 1931; died Cromhall, Gloucs, after short illness, 4 March 1939,
aged 29; buried Malvern Cemetery |
| Name |
BLATCHFORD,
Howard Peter 'Cowboy' |
| Number |
37715 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Born |
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 25
February 1912 |
| Arrived |
10 January 1937 |
| Departed |
20 April 1940 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1940) |
| Notes |
KIA
3 May 1943; son of Kenneth A. & Grace L. Blatchford, of Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada; remembered on Panel 118 of the Runnymede Memorial |
| Name |
BOND,
Frank Edgar |
| Number |
09064 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Croydon, Surrey, 1 May 1895 |
| Arrived |
17 September 1928 |
| Departed |
6 July 1931 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RFC, 1917; retired Jan 1942, retaining Gp Capt;
died Croydon, 8 Feb 1986 |
| Name |
BORET,
John Auguste |
| Number |
03149 |
| Rank |
Squadron Leader |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Brentford, Middlesex, 28 March 1898 |
| Arrived |
1 May 1933 |
| Departed |
3 March 1937 |
| Decorations |
MC (1917), AFC (1918), OBE (1941) MiD
(1942), CBE (1943), MiD (1945), U.S. Legion of Merit (1946) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in Army, 1915;
seconded to RFC, Feb 1917; OC 41 Sqn, 1 May 1933-3 Mar 1937; ret Apr
1948, retaining Air Vice-Mshl; died Cornwall, 26 Apr 1964 |
| Name |
BORTHWICK-CLARKE,
Ernest Shakespeare |
| Number |
03184 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Cardiff, Glamorgan, 7 May
1899 |
| Arrived |
11 June 1926 |
| Departed |
14 January 1927 |
| Decorations |
OBE (1946) |
| Notes |
Born Ernest Shakespeare Borthwick
Clarke but changed surname to Borthwick-Clarke
by deed poll, Aug 1922; commissioned in RAF, Apr 1918; retired Sep
1945, retaining Gp Capt; died Buckrose, Yorkshire, 17 Jan 1966 |
| Name |
BOUCHER,
Albert William |
| Number |
363873 |
| Rank |
Sergeant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Medway, Kent, 27 March 1907 |
| Arrived |
ca early-mid 1930 |
| Departed |
ca early 1935 |
| Notes |
Warrant Officer, Mar 1941;
served until at least 1945; died Peterborough, 8 Jun 1987; little known about this pilot;
details sought |
| Name |
BOUCHIER,
Cecil Arthur 'Boy' |
| Number |
03150 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Southsea, 14 October 1895 |
| Arrived |
20 January 1926 |
| Departed |
31 March 1929 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1919), OBE (1936), CBE
(1941), MiD (1941), MiD (1945), CB (1945), U.S. Legion of Merit (1948), KBE
(1953) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in Army, 1915; seconded to RFC, Feb 1918; retired as Air Vice-Mshl, 1949, but recalled 1950 &
served in Korea as British Liaison Officer to U.S. Generals Macarthur, Ridgeway & Clark; retired again
Mar 1953; died Worthing, Sussex, 16 Jun 1979 |
| Name |
BOWLING,
Victor Swanton |
| Number |
24197 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Pembroke Dock, Wales, 3 July 1908 |
| Arrived |
25 March 1935 |
| Departed |
21 September 1935 |
| Decorations |
MiD (1944), Norwegian King
Haakon VII Freedom Cross (1947), CBE (1948), CB (1958) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Dec
1927; retired as Air Vice-Mshl,
Aug 1961; died St Florence, Pembrokeshire, 27 Dec 1971 |
| Name |
BRADBURY, Geoffrey |
| Number |
220[??] |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying
Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Beverley, East Yorkshire, 24 July 1904 |
| Arrived |
7 April 1927 |
| Departed |
20 May 1928 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Sep 1925;
seriously injured in a flying accident, Holbeach Range, & admitted to
West Norfolk Hospital, 8 May 28; died
of injuries, 20
May 1928 |
| Name |
BRADING,
Reginald Carey Brinton |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Croydon, Surrey, 14 May 1899 |
| Arrived |
16 March 1925 |
| Departed |
31 October 1925 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1918), Bar to DFC (1918), MiD
(1920) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RAF (ex-RNAS), Apr
1918; killed in a flying accident (as a passenger) in a 45 Sqn
Vickers Vernon, Hinaidi Aerodrome, Iraq, 26 Jul 1926 |
| Name |
BRADLEY,
Jack |
| Number |
26254 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Unknown, poss Milnsbridge,
Yorkshire, 1904 |
| Arrived |
23 July 1932 |
| Departed |
27 February 1933 |
| Notes |
Commissioned on graduation
from Cranwell, Jul 1932; killed in motor vehicle accident when a truck
carrying official mail from Amman to Ramleh overturned, 12 June 1933 |
| Name |
BROADHURST, Harry 'Broady' |
| Number |
24035 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer, Flight
Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Frimley, Surrey, 28 October
1905 |
| Arrived |
16 September 1931 |
| Departed |
18 September 1933 |
| Decorations |
MiD (1931), AFC (1937), DFC
(1940), MiD (1941), DSO (1941), Bar to DSO (1941), Bar to DFC (1942),
U.S. Legion of Merit (1944); CB (1944), KBE (1945), MiD (1946), Dutch
Grand Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau (1947), KCB (1955), GCB
(1960) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in Army, May
1925, seconded to RAF, Oct 1926; retired as Air Chief Mshl, Mar 1961; died
Chichester, Sussex, 29
August 1995 |
| Name |
BRODIE,
Ian Eustace |
| Number |
17140 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
San Remo, Italy, 17
September 1898 |
| Arrived |
21 December 1934 |
| Departed |
20 December 1935 |
| Decorations |
OBE (1941), MiD (1945) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RN, Feb 1920; granted Short Service Commission
in RAF, Mar 1923; retired Mar 1951, retaining Air Cdre; died Eastbourne,
E Sussex, 22 July
1993 |
| Name |
BROWN,
Richard |
| Number |
26002 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying
Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Guilsborough, Northamptonshire,
28 September 1906 |
| Arrived |
13 February 1927 |
| Departed |
4 January 1929 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Dec 1926;
killed in flying accident in mid-air collision between two 1 Sqn Furies
(Fg Off W. E. S. Tanner also killed), near Northolt, 23 April 1934 |
| Name |
BRUNTON,
Maurice |
| Number |
19179 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying
Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Preston, Lancashire, 6 September 1906 |
| Arrived |
28 September 1925 |
| Departed |
17 September 1927 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Mar 1925;
relinquished commission in RAFO on cessation of service, Mar 1938; died
London, 21 November 1971 |
| Name |
BRYANT,
Reginald William Edward |
| Number |
18160 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Rownhams, Hampshire, 3 August 1905 |
| Arrived |
15 December 1924 |
| Departed |
30 December 1924 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jan
1924; relinquished commission in RAFO due to
ill-health, Aug 1944; died Truro, Cornwall, 25 August 1979 |
| Name |
BUCK,
Ernest Arthur |
| Number |
126931 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Bedlington,
Northumberland, 29 September 1898 |
| Arrived |
March 1935 |
| Departed |
April 1937 |
| Notes |
Remained
a WO throughout WWII; died Basford, Notts, November 1976 |
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