The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1916-1919
Surnames Commencing with C
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| Name |
CARROLL, James Joseph |
| Number |
13837 |
| Rank |
Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
Irish |
| Born |
Ireland, 18 April 1893 |
| Arrived |
9 August 1918 |
| Departed |
27 September 1918 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RFC, Jun 1917; relinquished commission
on account of ill
health, Jan 1919 |
| Name |
CARTER, Guy Lloyd |
| Number |
07009 |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
ca 1900 |
| Arrived |
18 July 1918 |
| Departed |
8 August 1918 |
| Decorations |
Mentioned in Reports for
valuable services whilst in captivity (1919), AFC (1934), MiD (1941), MiD
(1943), DSO (1943), U.S. Legion of Merit (1944) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RAF, Apr 1918;
shot down & captured, Proyart, 8 August 1918; transferred to Unemployed List, Oct
1919; permanent commission in RAF, Jan 1920;
seriously injured in flying accident in SOE landing,
Yugoslavia, 16 July 1944; evacuated to Italy, but died of wounds, 18 July 1944, aged
44; son of Henry L. & Lumley Carter, & husband of Hilary M. Carter, of
Little Hadham, Hertfordshire; buried in Grave VII.C.9. of Bari War Cemetery, Italy |
| Name |
CHAPMAN,
Alfred John |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant (Fg
Off) |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
ca 1894 |
| Arrived |
13 June 1917 |
| Departed |
18 September 1917 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RFC, Sep 1916; KIA near Caudry, 18 September 1917, aged 23; son of John
B & Annie L. Chapman of Burton-on-Trent; buried
in Grave II.A.44, Honnechy British Cemetery Nord, France |
| Name |
CHAPPELL, Roy Williamson |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Captain |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Cheddleton, Leek, Cheshire,
31 December 1896 |
| Arrived |
29 November 1917 |
| Departed |
15 July 1918 |
| Decorations |
MC (1918) |
| Notes |
Seconded to RFC, Jul 1916;
commissioned, Aug 1916; permanent commission, Aug 19; retired Sep 1946, retaining Air Cdre;
died
7 February 1982 |
| Name |
CLARK,
Frederick Sloan |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant (Fg
Off) |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Birmingham, 9 May 1898 |
| Arrived |
22 September 1917 |
| Departed |
29 October 1917 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RFC, Jun 1917;
shot down & captured near
Douai, 29 October 1917; transferred to Unemployed List, Mar 1919 |
| Name |
CLAXTON, William Gordon
‘Dozy’ |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Born |
Ogilvie, Manitoba, Canada, 1 June
1899 |
| Arrived |
26 March 1918 |
| Departed |
17 August 1918 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1918), Bar to DFC (1918), DSO
(1918), MiD (1918) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RFC, Sep 1917;
shot down, wounded in action & captured, east of Wervik, Belgium, 17 August
1918; 41 Sqn's highest-scoring WWI Ace; died Toronto, Ontario, 28 September 1967 |
| Name |
CODY, Samuel Franklyn Leslie |
| Number |
7624 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot / 2nd Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Basel, Switzerland, 7
September 1895 |
| Arrived |
2 September 1916 |
| Departed |
23 January 1917 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RFC, 10 Oct
1916; KIA, 23 January 1917 (41 Sqn’s 1st battle casualty); son of Lela M.
Cody of Ash Vale, Surrey, & the late American aircraft pioneer,
Samuel F. Cody; husband of Maude H. Cody of Aldershot, Surrey; buried in Grave XVI.C.1, Perth (China Wall) Cemetery, Ypres,
Flanders, Belgium |
| Name |
COLLINSON, Gordon Thomas |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant (Fg Off) |
| Nationality |
American |
| Born |
Chicago, Illinois, USA, 17 November
1890 |
| Arrived |
4 September 1918 |
| Departed |
Unknown |
| Notes |
Commissioned
2 May 1918; nothing further known about this pilot; information sought |
| Name |
COOKE, Philip Brentnall |
| Number |
90985 |
| Rank |
Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Pontefract, Yorkshire, 22
April 1899 |
| Arrived |
5 September 1918 |
| Departed |
28 September 1918 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Nov 1917; shot
down & captured, Roulers, 28 September 1918; transferred to Unemployed List, Oct 1919 |
| Name |
COREY, Edward Gordon |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Lieutenant (Fg Off) |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Born |
Brantford, Ontario, Canada,
19 March 1891 |
| Arrived |
29 September 1918 |
| Departed |
Unknown |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jan 1918;
further information sought |
| Name |
CRAWFORD, Charles |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Captain |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Zürich, Switzerland, 30 October 1897 |
| Arrived |
3 September 1918 |
| Departed |
24 September 1918 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RAF, Apr
1918; shot down NW of Lille & captured, 24 September 1918,; retired as Gp
Capt, Sep 1947 |
| Name |
CROSSLEY, Frederick Samuel |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Ireland, date unknown |
| Arrived |
4 February 1918 |
| Departed |
2 March 1918 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jun 1917; hospitalised, 2 March
1918; WIA on 1 Sqn, Jul 1918; transferred to Unemployed List, 7 Mar 1919 |
| Name |
CUSHNY, John |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
England, 15 September 1898 |
| Arrived |
26 September 1917 |
| Departed |
22 November 1917 |
| Notes |
Commissioned May 1917; WIA, Cambrai, 22 November
1917; transferred to Unemployed List, Feb 1919 |
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