The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1923-1939
Surnames F
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| Name |
FIELD,
Francis Walter |
| Number |
19186 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Canterbury, Kent, 12 July 1901 |
| Arrived |
31 March 1925 |
| Departed |
31 January 1927 |
| Decorations |
OBE (1945) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Mar 1925; transferred to
RAFO Mar 1930; relinquished commission, Mar 1934, com in British Army,
Nov 1940; retired as Major (Hon Lt-Col), 1 Dec 54; died Alford, Lincs,
26 August 1977 |
| Name |
FINLAY,
Denis |
| Number |
33056 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Romsey, Hampshire, 4 January 1912 |
| Arrived |
15 July 1933 (att 8 Sqn,
Aden, 18 Sep-31 Oct 1935) |
| Departed |
3 November 1936 |
| Decorations |
MiD (1940), OBE (1940), CBE
(1952) |
| Notes |
Halton Apprentice, 1927-28;
commissioned on graduation from Cranwell, 1933; retired Jan 1967, retaining Air Cdre; died
Alicante, Spain, 18
Oct 2001 (brother Sqn Ldr Donald O.
Finlay was OC 41 Sqn 1940-41) |
| Name |
FORROW,
Henry Edward |
| Number |
04007 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Stratford, 26 December 1898 |
| Arrived |
22 January 1932 |
| Departed |
24 September 1934 |
| Decorations |
OBE (1936), Iraqi Order of Al Rafidain, 4th Class
(1937); CB (1945) |
| Notes |
RNAS service WWI;
commissioned in RAF, Apr 1918; retired as Air Cdre, Jun 1953; died
Uxbridge, 2 Dec
1959 |
| Name |
FREEHILL,
Maurice Michael |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Chiswick, London, 21 January 1899 |
| Arrived |
27 April 1932 |
| Departed |
25 May 1933 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1919) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RFC, Sep 1917;
died of pneumonia as Sqn Ldr in York Military Hospital, 3 Feb 1939; son of Eugene
& late Lilian Freehill of Oakeshott Ave, London |
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