The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF 1923-1939 - C

The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1923-1939

Surnames C

Name	CARBURY, Brian John George
Number	40288
Rank	Pilot Officer
Nationality	New Zealander in RAF
Born	Wellington, New Zealand, 27 February 1918
Arrived	9 July 1938
Departed	24 October 1939
Decorations	DFC (1940), Bar to DFC (1940)
Notes	Court-martialled and dismissed from RAF, Oct 1941, possibly due to bounced cheques; died Wycombe, Bucks, 31 July 1961

Name	CARR-LEWTY, Robert Albert
Number	580095
Rank	Sergeant Pilot
Nationality	British
Born	Bradford, Yorks, 6 July 1911
Arrived	1 October 1937
Departed	ca 9 September 1940 (last mentioned on this date)
Decorations	AFC (1945)
Notes	Relinquished commission, July 1956; became Doctor (MB ChB), 1964; died Scarborough, Yorks, 4 March 1994

Name	CARTER, Robert Alfred Copsey
Number	26257
Rank	Pilot Officer
Nationality	British
Born	Portsmouth, Hampshire, 15 September 1910
Arrived	23 July 1932
Departed	26 February 1933
Decorations	DSO (1941), DFC (1943), MiD (1945), CB (1956)
Notes	Commissioned on graduation from Cranwell, Jul 1932; retired as Air Cdre, Apr 1964; died Downton, 10 November 2012

Name	CHAPELL, Richard Graham
Number	17008
Rank	Pilot Officer
Nationality	British
Born	Plymouth, Devon, 22 September 1897
Arrived	ca 7 July 1923
Departed	31 August 1923
Notes	Commissioned in RAF, Jul 1922; resigned commission, Aug 1926; emigrated to Australia, Jun 1927; died Katanning, WA, 18 May 1981

Name	CHATER, Hugh Addison
Number	39630
Rank	Pilot Officer
Nationality	South African
Born	New Hanover, Natal, South Africa, 6 April 1917
Arrived	27 November 1937
Departed	7 August 1938
Decorations	AFC (1945)
Notes	Commissioned May 1937; retired Apr 1972, retaining Gp Capt; died Poole, Dorset, 28 April 2010

CLARKE, Ernest Shakespeare Borthwick; see BORTHWICK-CLARKE, Ernest Shakespeare

Name	COLLISHAW, Raymond
Number	02098
Rank	Squadron Leader
Nationality	Canadian
Born	Nanaimo BC, Canada, 22 November 1893
Arrived	1 October 1923
Departed	14 April 1924
Decorations	French Croix de Guerre (1917), DSC (1917), DSO (1917), MiD (1917), DFC (1918), Bar to DSO (1918), MiD (1918), White Russian Order of Saint Anne, 2nd Class (1920), White Russian Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd Class (1920), White Russian Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th Class (1920), OBE (Mil) (1920), MiD (1922), CB (1941), OBE (Civ) (1946)
Notes	Commissioned in RNAS, Jan 1916; credited with 60 WWI victories & considered third highest scoring Allied pilot of WWI; OC 41 Sqn, 1 Oct 1923-14 Apr 1924; retired Oct 1943, retaining Air Vice-Mshl; died Vancouver BC, Canada, 29 September 1976

Name	COMERFORD, John Joseph
Number	15163
Rank	Flying Officer
Nationality	British
Born	Wandsworth, London, 11 August 1899
Arrived	16 December 1924
Departed	1 November 1925
Notes	Commissioned May 1918; transferred to RAFO, Nov 1925; relinquished commission in RAFO, Nov 1929; died Crosswater Churtsy, Surrey, 15 January 1982

Name	CONNOLLY, George Edwin
Number	330989
Rank	Sergeant Pilot
Nationality	British
Born	Kensington, 3 March 1903
Arrived	1928
Departed	1930
Notes	Died of lobar pneumonia, Carshalton, 9 January 1932

Name	COOK, George Frederick Charles
Number	345661
Rank	Sergeant Pilot
Nationality	British
Born	Wheatenhurst, Gloucestershire, 27 November 1902
Arrived	1928
Departed	1930
Notes	Died Southborough, Kent, 31 May 1984; nothing further known about this pilot; details sought

Name	COOMBES, Ernest Ronald Henshaw
Number	18094
Rank	Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
Nationality	British
Born	Penarth, Glamorgan, 5 May 1903
Arrived	11 June 1924
Departed	14 December 1926
Notes	Commissioned Nov 1923; transferred to RAFO, Nov 1928; died of injuries sustained in a flying accident near Ystradgynlais, Swansea Valley, 18 Jan 1939; husband of Gwendolen Coomes of Crick, Rugby

Name	COPLEY, James John Hawke
Number	41258
Rank	Pilot Officer
Nationality	British
Born	Bombay, India, 17 October 1920
Arrived	10 June 1939
Departed	14 September 1939
Notes	Commissioned Oct 1938; killed in a flying accident, 14 September 1939; son of Sqn Ldr Reginald J. & Josephine M. Copley of Newton, Cambridgeshire; buried in Newton St. Margaret Churchyard, Newton, Cambridgeshire

Name	CORY, Guy Webster
Number	40677
Rank	Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
Nationality	British
Born	Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire, 2 September 1916
Arrived	17 December 1938
Departed	24 December 1940
Decorations	AFC (1942)
Notes	Retired July 1954, retaining Wg Cdr; died Wimbledon, 20 June 1981

Name	COULSON, William George Allen 'Bill'
Number	29237
Rank	Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
Nationality	Canadian
Born	Winnipeg, Albertta, Canada, 9 December 1902
Arrived	8 September 1931
Departed	10 October 1932
Notes	Commissioned in RAF, Mar 1931; transferred to RAFO, Feb 1936; mobilised Sep 1939; killed in a flying accident as Sqn Ldr when his Hudson hit a balloon cable on take-off from Eastleigh & crashed into a house ½ mile north of the airfield, 15 Aug 1940; body repatriated to Canada & buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg; son of William A. & Sarah D. Coulson of Winnipeg

Name	COWAN, Willard Edwin
Number	17227
Rank	Flying Officer
Nationality	Canadian
Born	Ontario, Canada, 8 January 1898
Arrived	25 August 1924
Departed	27 October 1924
Notes	Commissioned in RNAS, Feb 1918; transferred to Unemployed List, Mar 1919; transferred to RAFO, May 1923; relinquished commission in RAFO on Short Service Commission in RAF, Jul 1923; declared bankrupt, Apr 1925; transferred to RAFO, Nov 1926; ‘removed from the service’, Nov 1927; remained in UK & died 4 Aug 1990

Name	CRAWFORD, Robert Cree
Number	34146
Rank	Pilot Officer
Nationality	Canadian
Born	Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 11 February 1913
Arrived	4 March 1935
Departed	15 November 1936
Decorations	DFC (1945)
Notes	Commissioned in RCAF, Jun 1931 but terminated due to cutbacks, Aug 1931; applied to join RAF, Mar 1932; granted commission in RAF, Mar 1934; KIFA as Wg Cdr in 194 Sqn Dakota, 20 Jun 1945; buried in Grave 12.G.22 of Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar (Burma)