The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF 1923-1939 - E

The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1923-1939

Surnames E

Name	EDWARDS, Christopher Caswell
Number	16109
Rank	Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant
Nationality	British
Born	Horbury, Yorkshire, 23 September 1903
Arrived	6 October 1929
Departed	23 June 1930
Notes	Permanent commission on graduation from Cranwell, Dec 1923; Adjutant, 41 Sqn, 1929; retired due to ill health, Oct 1932; served in RAFVR, Sep 1939-Dec 1941; died King's Lynn, Norfolk, 8 Oct 1985

Name	EDWARDS, Herbert Walter
Number	365236
Rank	Sergeant Pilot
Nationality	British
Born	Chatham, Kent, 17 May 1908
Arrived	23 June 1931 (att 8 Sqn, Aden, 18 Sep-31 Oct 1935)
Departed	4 January 1937
Decorations	AFC (1946)
Notes	Qualified as Flying Instructor, Mar 1937; in Training Command as FI, 1939-1946; retired 7 May 1958; died Farnham, Surrey, 12 October 1972

Name	EELES, Henry
Number	26177
Rank	Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
Nationality	British
Born	Newcastle, Northumberland, 12 May 1910
Arrived	19 January 1931
Departed	30 September 1932
Decorations	MiD (1943), CBE (1944), CB (1956)
Notes	Permanent commission on graduation from Cranwell, Dec 1930; Commandant, RAF College Cranwell, Aug 1952; retired as Air Cdre, Jan 1959; died Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, 15 July 1992

Name	EKINS, William John Howard
Number	32098
Rank	Pilot Officer
Nationality	British
Born	Salisbury, Wiltshire, 7 April 1912
Arrived	18 September 1932
Departed	27 February 1933
Notes	Commissioned Oct 1931; transferred to RAFO, Oct 1938; relinquished commission on appointment to commission in Indian Army, Nov 1938; promoted to Capt, Nov 1939; died 28 Mar 1941; remembered on Panel 25, Col 3, Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial, Woking, Surrey

Name	ELLIOT, ?. [Forenames?]
Number	Unknown
Rank	Sergeant Pilot
Nationality	Unknown
Born	Unknown
Arrived	January 1937
Departed	April 1937
Notes	To 1 AACU, Biggin Hill, on departure from 41 Sqn; nothing further known about this pilot; details sought