The Pilots of 41 Squadron
RAF, 1939-1946
Surnames Commencing with E
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| Name |
EAST,
Walter Raymond 'Wing Co' |
| Number |
1330277 |
| Rank |
Sergeant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Lewisham, London, 16 March 1922 |
| Arrived |
18 June 1942 |
| Departed |
3 May 1943 |
| Notes |
KIA 3 May 1943, aged 21;
son of Philip W. & Dorothy R. East of Lewisham, London; remembered on Panel
148 of the Runnymede Memorial |
| Name |
EDWARDS,
Allan James |
| Number |
NZ41642 |
| Rank |
Sergeant |
| Nationality |
New Zealander |
| Born |
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 1920 |
| Arrived |
10 July 1942 |
| Departed |
14 July 1942 |
| Notes |
Shot down/KIA in 129 Sqn
Spitfire Vb in combat with FW190s off Cherbourg, 18 August 1942, aged
22; buried Grave Block B. Sec. K. Grave 30, Felixstowe New Cemetery,
Suffolk; son of Lewis J. & Isabella Edwards, of Anderson's Bay, Dunedin,
Otago, New Zealand |
| Name |
EENDENBURG,
Leendert Carel Marie van 'Kees' |
| Number |
1149981 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
Dutch |
| Born |
Batavia, Indonesia, 29 December
1914 |
| Arrived |
17 December 1941 |
| Departed |
14 July 1942 |
| Notes |
Arrived in UK, July 1940;
initially with RN, but transferred to RAFVR, Apr 1941; commissioned 1941;
died 4 September 1966 |
| Name |
EFFORD,
Frederick Henry Charles |
| Number |
1375482 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Westminster, London, 3 June
1920 |
| Arrived |
29 October 1941 |
| Departed |
19 November 1941 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1943) |
| Notes |
Commissioned May 1942; died
Worthing, Sussex, Aug 1996 |
| Name |
EVANS,
David George |
| Number |
164718 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Born |
Hastings, 14
July 1924 |
| Arrived |
Date unknown late 1945 |
| Departed |
26 January 1946 |
| Decorations |
GCB (1979), KCB (1976), CBE (1967),
OBE (1962), QCVSA (1955) |
| Notes |
Retired as Knighted Air Chief Marshal;
died 21 February 2020 |
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| Name |
EVANS,
George |
| Number |
R/56132 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Born |
Montreal, Quebec, 26 August 1920 |
| Arrived |
5 May 1941 |
| Departed |
26 June 1941 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Dec 1941;
released Sep 1945; rejoined RCAF, 1950; retired, Jul 1956 |
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