The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1923-1939

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Name GADD, Thomas
Number 27158
Rank Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
Nationality British
Born Sale, Cheshire, 13 December 1909
Arrived 3 October 1929
Departed 23 October 1931
Notes Commissioned Oct 28; transferred to RAFO, Oct 1933; Temp Sqn Ldr, Sep 1941; died Totley, Sheffield, Yorkshire, 2 Jan 1976

Name GAMBLEN, Douglas Robert
Number 39657
Rank Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
Nationality British
Born Gosport, Hampshire, 14 January 1915
Arrived 27 November 1937
Departed 29 July 1940
Notes KIA off Dover, 29 July 1940; remembered on Panel 5 of the Runnymede Memorial

Name GIBBS, Edward Philip Patrick ‘Gibbo’
Number 32225
Rank Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
Nationality British
Born Singapore, 21 February 1910
Arrived 28 August 1933 (att 8 Sqn, Aden, 18 Sep-31 Oct 1935)
Departed 10 March 1936
Decorations DFC (1942), MiD (1942)
Notes Commissioned Sep 1932; transferred to RAFO, Mar 1938; shot down and injured west of Fruges, July 1941, but evaded and reached Gibraltar, Sep 1941; retired Feb 1946; relinquished commission, Feb 1955, retaining Wg Cdr; died Westminster, London, 23 Jan 1967

Name GILLIES, James 'Jack'
Number 519573
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality British
Born Doncaster, 1915
Arrived 1 April 1939
Departed 21 March 1940
Decorations DFM (1941), MC (1944)
Notes Commissioned Nov 1941; KIA whilst serving with 136 Sqn in South East Asia, 21 Apr 1944, aged 29; remembered on Column 431 of the Singapore Memorial, Singapore

Name GLOVER, Henry Lawrence Matthews
Number 29138
Rank Pilot Officer
Nationality New Zealander
Born Dunedin, New Zealand, 2 February 1907
Arrived 8 September 1931
Departed 3 January 1932
Decorations QCVSA (1958)
Notes Commissioned Sep 1930; transferred to RAFO, Mar 1937; relinquished commission on cessation of service, Mar 1946; died Christchurch, Dorset, 11 December 1974

Name GOUGH, William Frederick Rippen 'Bill'
Number 17174
Rank Flying Officer (Hon Flt Lt)
Nationality British
Born Manchester, Lancashire, 1 April 1898
Arrived 27 April 1925
Departed 21 July 1925
Notes Commissioned from Royal Navy as Fg Off, Apr 23; relinquished commission, Apr 1930; died Winchester, Hampshire, 6 May 1967

Name GRAHAM, Edward ‘Ted’
Number 37449
Rank Pilot Officer
Nationality British
Born Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, 21 June 1911
Arrived 24 April 1936
Departed 21 March 1937
Notes Commissioned Nov 1935; transferred to RAFO, Nov 44; permanent commission as Sqn Ldr & transferred to Secretarial Branch, Mar 1947; retired Dec 1958, retaining Gp Capt, & emigrated to Australia, Aug 1963; died Canberra ACT, 7 Aug 1999

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Name GREY, Phillips Patrick
Number 78816
Rank Pilot Officer
Nationality British
Born Bakewell, Derbyshire, 1 July 1903
Arrived 15 December 1924
Departed 30 December 1924
Notes Commissioned Jan 1924; transferred to RAFO, Jan 1929; relinquished commission on cessation of service, Jan 1933; commissioned in RAFVR (18170), Apr 1940; relinquished commission as Sqn Ldr, Feb 1954; died Hindhead, Surrey, 29 Apr 1989

Name GRINDELL, Gordon John
Number 32226
Rank Flying Officer
Nationality New Zealander
Born Geraldine, New Zealand, 20 August 1910
Arrived 22 September 19935
Departed 10 March 1936
Decorations AFC (1940), DFC (1943), MiD (1944), Bar to AFC (1950)
Notes Commissioned Sep 1932; promoted to Wg Cdr, Oct 1946; died Katanning, Western Australia, 15 Mar 1966

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