The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF 1916-1919 - D

The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1916-1919

Surnames Commencing with D

Name	DAVEY, Frederick John
Number	Unknown
Rank	2nd Lieutenant
Nationality	South African
Born	Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 12 February 1898
Arrived	25 May 1918
Departed	25 July 1918
Notes	Commissioned in RFC, Aug 1917; injured in flying accident, hospitalised, Wimereux, 25 July 1918; transferred to Unemployed List, Mar 1919

Name	DAVIS, Ernest Francis Hartley
Number	1069062
Rank	Lieutenant
Nationality	Canadian
Born	Georgeville, Quebec, Canada, 12 July 1897
Arrived	31 October 1917
Departed	21 July 1918
Notes	Commissioned in RFC, Apr 1917; transferred to Unemployed List, Sep 1919

Name	DEANE, George Samuel
Number	Unknown
Rank	2nd Lieutenant
Nationality	South African
Born	Durban, 7 November 1896
Arrived	7 November 1916
Departed	26 November 1916
Notes	Seconded to RFC commissioned, Oct 1916; engine failure, crash-landed & captured, Roulers, 26 November 1916

Name	DEASE, Ernest Joseph
Number	Unknown
Rank	2nd Lieutenant
Nationality	British
Born	7 January or July 1899
Arrived	November 1917
Departed	6 December 1917
Decorations	MBE (1940)
Notes	Seconded to RFC & commissioned, Nov 1917; injured in mid-air collision with Lt R. Winnicott (†) & hospitalised, 6 December 1917, returned to Army service, Oct 1919; relinquished Army commission, Jun 1920; commissioned in RAF, Jan 1931; relinquished commission on cessation of service, Jul 1936; commissioned in RAFVR (75476), Sep 1939; relinquished commission, Aug 1941

Name	DENISON, Amos Allan
Number	Unknown
Rank	2nd Lieutenant, Lieutenant
Nationality	British
Born	5 September 1895
Arrived	At least 20 October 1916 (first mentioned on this date)
Departed	24 January 1917
Decorations	MC (1917), MBE (1919)
Notes	WIA, 24 January 1917; relinquished commission, Aug 1919; commissioned in RAFVR (73612), Jul 1939; relinquished commission, Feb 1954, retaining Wg Cdr

Name	DICKINSON, Charles John
Number	Unknown
Rank	Lieutenant
Nationality	Unknown
Born	23 January 1893
Arrived	3 February 1917
Departed	1 September 1917
Notes	Commissioned in RFC, Nov 1916; hospitalised, 1 September 1917; transferred to Unemployed List, Apr 1919; commissioned in RAFVR (75191), Sep 1939

Name	DIXON, Cecil
Number	Unknown
Rank	2nd Lieutenant (Fg Off)
Nationality	British
Born	England, 2 September 1896
Arrived	5 October 1918
Departed	Unknown
Notes	Commissioned Mar 1917; little further known about this pilot; information sought

Name	DOUGLAS, Francis Campbell Brown
Number	Unknown
Rank	Lieutenant
Nationality	British
Born	Unknown
Arrived	30 April 1917
Departed	Unknown
Notes	Commissioned Jan 1917; little further known about this pilot; information sought

Name	DOUGLAS, Frederick William
Number	Unknown
Rank	Lieutenant
Nationality	Canadian
Born	Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1 November 1899
Arrived	26 July 1918
Departed	12 August 1918
Notes	Commissioned in RFC, Feb 1918; KIA near Bray, 12 August 1918; son of Ralph A. & Rose C. Douglas, nee O’Shaughnessy, of Toronto; remembered on AFSM, Pas de Calais, France

Name	DUFF, Ian Archibald James
Number	Unknown
Rank	Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) (Fg Off)
Nationality	British
Born	Orich, Inverness, Scotland, 20 January 1895
Arrived	At least 15 October 1916 (first mentioned on this date)
Departed	22 October 1916
Decorations	MC (1918), MiD (1919)
Notes	Commissioned in RFC, Nov 1915; hospitalised with influenza, 22 October 1916; transferred to Unemployed List, Jan 1919; relinquished commission, Sep 1921, retaining Capt; com Capt in RAOC (96711), Sep 1939; transferred to REME, Oct 1942

Name	DUNLOP, Robert Hunter
Number	Unknown
Rank	Lieutenant (Fg Off)
Nationality	British
Born	Edinburgh, Scotland, 21 March 1895
Arrived	7 May 1918 (or 26 October 1918?)
Departed	Unknown
Notes	Commissioned Mar 1915; seconded to RAF, May 1917