The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1939-1946
Surnames Commencing with G
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| Name |
GALITZINE,
Prince Emanuel Vladimirovitch |
| Number |
106181 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer, Flight
Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British (naturalized Russian) |
| Born |
Kislovodsk, Russia, 28 May 1918
(Great-great grandson of Catherine the Great) |
| Arrived |
14 May 1943 |
| Departed |
ca. 24 September 1943 (last
mentioned on this date) |
| Notes |
Short Service Commission in
RAF, Dec 1938; resigned and joined Finnish Air
Force to fight Soviets, Feb 1940; returned to UK and rejoined RAFVR,
Jul, 1941; commissioned Sep 1941; joined RAuxAF, Feb 1952; retired
Feb 1962; died London, 23 December 2002 |
| Name |
GALLOWAY, Eric |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Warrant Officer |
| Nationality |
Unknown |
| Born |
Unknown |
| Arrived |
12 August 1945 |
| Departed |
31 March 1946 |
| Notes |
Demobilised, 17 May 1946;
nothing further known of this pilot; details sought |
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| Name |
GAMBLEN,
Douglas Robert |
| Number |
39657 |
| Rank |
Acting Pilot Officer, 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 |
GARRIE,
Thomas Adamson 'Tommy' |
| Number |
1348819 |
| Rank |
Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Edinburgh, Scotland, 10 September
1921 |
| Arrived |
18 September 1943 |
| Departed |
18 March 1944 (last
mentioned in a nominal roll on this date) |
| Notes |
Little known about this
pilot |
| Name |
GARVEY,
Leonard Arthur |
| Number |
740340 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Aston, Warwickshire, date unknown
1914 |
| Arrived |
10 October 1940 |
| Departed |
30 October 1940 |
| Notes |
KIA near Canterbury, 30 October
1940, aged 26; son of Andrew J. & Sarah A. Garvey of Erdington, Birmingham;
buried in Section 56, Grave 10373 of Witton Cemetery, Birmingham, Warwickshire
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| Name |
GAUNCE,
Lionel Manley 'Elmer' |
| Number |
37632 |
| Rank |
Squadron Leader |
| Nationality |
Canadian in RAF |
| Born |
Lethbridge, Canada, 19 September
1915 |
| Term 1 |
29 July-21 September 1941 (OC
41 Sqn, 9 August-21 September 1941) |
| Term 2 |
27 September-19 November 1941
(OC 41 Sqn for entire period) |
| Decorations |
DFC (1940) |
| Notes |
Hit by Flak and killed, 19 November 1941, aged
25; son of Earl & Hope Gaunce. & husband of Paula Gaunce of West Acton,
Middlesex; remembered on Panel 28 of the Runnymede Memorial; a mountain in
Jasper National Park, Canada, was named in his honour |
| Name |
GAZE,
Frederick Anthony Owen 'Tony' |
| Number |
60096 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
Australian in RAFVR |
| Born |
Melbourne, Australia, 3 February
1920 |
| Arrived |
5 April 1945 |
| Departed |
1 May 1945 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1941), 1st Bar to DFC (1943),
2nd Bar to DFC (1945) |
| Notes |
Studying in Cambridge at the
outbreak of war; joined RAFVR, 1939; relinquished RAFVR commission, July
1947; joined RAAF, January 1949; retired 1950; died Geelong VIC, 29 July 2013 |
| Name |
GEESINK,
Cornelis 'Dick' |
| Number |
1149984 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
Dutch |
| Born |
Gorinchem, Netherlands, 18 December
1918 |
| Arrived |
14 January 1942 |
| Departed |
21 July 1942 |
| Notes |
Arrived in England, July 1940;
commissioned ca July 1942; shot down off Dutch coast whilst serving with 167 Sqn
& captured, 13 Nov 1942; Dutch Air Force, Oct 1946-May 1948; pilot with KLM, 1948-1974; pilot with Martinair, 1974-1978;
died 28 April 1996 |
| Name |
GIBBS,
Norman Peter 'Gibby' |
| Number |
173248 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Swindon, 25 December 1921 |
| Arrived |
21 January 1944 |
| Departed |
7 March 1945 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jan 1944; shot
down 41 Sqn's first V1 flying bomb, 20 Jun 1944; released from RAFVR, Aug 1945; KIFA in Cessna F150H, G-AVTN, Mull Hill, Scotland,
24 December 1975 |
| Name |
GIBSON,
John Colin |
| Number |
1168675 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Rugby,
Warwickshire, 13
December 1921 |
| Arrived |
25 August 1941 |
| Departed |
23 October 1941 |
| Decorations |
MiD (1945) |
| Notes |
Plumber by trade, prior to
and after the War (family business, based in Rugby) |
| Name |
GILDERS,
John Stanley 'Gilly' |
| Number |
741587 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Deal, Kent, 4 October 1919 |
| Arrived |
26 November 1940 |
| Departed |
21 February 1941 |
| Notes |
FTR, assumed oxygen failure
and crashed, 21 February 1941, aged 21; body not recovered, listed as 'missing,
believed killed' for 53 years; remains recovered in April 1994 and buried
in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, Grave 20. E. 15, 11 May 1995 |
| 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 April 1944,
aged 29; remembered on Column 431 of the Singapore Memorial, Singapore |
| Name |
GILLITT,
Frank Norman 'Gilly' |
| Number |
108132 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer (Acting Flight
Lieutenant) |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3 August
1919 |
| Arrived |
2 October 1942 |
| Departed |
22 October 1942 |
| Notes |
KIFA 22 October 1942, aged 23;
three Spitfires were lost simultaneously in bad weather, when they flew
into Tarren Hendre near Towyn, Menioneth, Wales, killing
Flt Lt R Harrison, Fg Off T R Scott & Flt Lt Gillitt; son of Frank
S. & Phyllis I. Gillitt of Wellingborough; buried in Block S, Grave 47,
of Wellingborough Doddington Road Cemetery, Northamptonshire |
| Name |
GLEN,
Arthur Allan 'Pinky' |
| Number |
998543 / 115232 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot / Pilot Officer,
Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant, Squadron Leader |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire,
2 May 1918 |
| Term 1 |
11 March 1941-3 May 1942 |
| Term 2 |
20 July 1943-26 May 1944 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1942), Bar to DFC (1943) |
| Notes |
Commissioned, Jan 1942; OC
41 Sqn, 26 January-26 May 1944;
released Jan 1946; died Filey, Yorks, 19 December 1979 |
| Name |
GLEW, Norman Vipan 'Sticky' |
| Number |
742507 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Derby, November 1916 |
| Arrived |
27 November 1940 |
| Departed |
9 May 1941 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Aug 1941; KIFA
whilst serving with 1435 Squadron, Brindisi, Italy, 17 May 1944, aged 27;
son of Capt Norman H. & Mildred A. Glew of Derby; buried in Grave XI. C.
24 of Bari War Cemetery, Italy |
| Name |
GOENS,
Rijklof van 'Charlie' |
| Number |
124239 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
Dutch |
| Born |
Bandoeng, Dutch East Indies
(Indonesia), 25 July 1914 |
| Arrived |
19 January 1944 |
| Departed |
17 August 1944 |
| Notes |
Fled Holland for UK and joined
RAFVR, Jul 1942; FTR (presumed ditched in English Channel off Dover,
poss
shot down accidentally by Allied AA fire), 17 August 1944, aged 30; son
of Mr & Mrs G. H. van Goens of Apeldoorn, Holland; remembered on Panel
203 of the Runnymede Memorial |
| Name |
GOODALL,
Bernard Bryn |
| Number |
411981 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
New Zealand |
| Born |
Nelson, New Zealand, 1 April
1919 |
| Arrived |
21 April 1942 |
| Departed |
15 August 1942 |
| Notes |
KIFA whilst ferrying Spitfire
from Debden to Llanbedr, Wales, 15 August 1942, aged 23; son of Kenneth
B. & Caroline G. Goodall of Whakatane, Auckland, NZ; buried in Brookwood
Military Cemetery, Surrey, Grave 2. I. 1 |
| Name |
GORDON,
W. G. [Forenames?] |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
Unknown |
| Born |
Unknown |
| Arrived |
23 October 1945 |
| Departed |
7 January 1946 |
| Notes |
Little further known about
this pilot; details sought |
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| Name |
GOURDEAU,
Joseph Charles Raymond |
| Number |
R.55429 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Born |
Quebec, Canada, 20 July 1922 |
| Arrived |
12 July 1941 |
| Departed |
23 December 1941 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Apr 1944; released
from RCAF May 1945; died 15 December 1981 |
| Name |
GRAHAM,
Glenn Roland |
| Number |
R.62937 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Born |
Debert NS, 14 December 1920 |
| Arrived |
15 October 1941 |
| Departed |
9 February 1942 |
| Notes |
Posted to 41 Sqn on 15 Oct 1941, but not mentioned again;
personnel
file indicates he was posted away on 9 February 1942, but Sqn ORB shows no
operational flying during his tenure |
| Name |
GRAHAM,
Peter Bartlemy |
| Number |
1317590 / 161780 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot, Flight Sergeant
/ Pilot Officer, Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Oxford, 11 April 1923 |
| Arrived |
5 May 1943 |
| Departed |
1 September 1944 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Oct 1943; shot
down whilst attacking train-load of V2's near Esquelbecq, France, and
captured, 1 Sep 1944; repatriated to UK, 16 May 1945; released
Jan 1946; commissioned in Training Branch of RAFVR, Dec 1948; relinquished
commission, Aug 1950; died Dorset, 12 October 2009 |
| Name |
GRAY,
Eric 'Ricky' |
| Number |
414020 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
Australian |
| Born |
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia,
29 November 1921 |
| Arrived |
21 July 1944 |
| Departed |
3 September 1945 |
| Notes |
Commissioned April 1944; returned
to Australia, arriving Feb 1946; discharged Apr 1946; died
Toowoomba QLD, 19 April 2005 |
| Name |
GRAY,
James Arthur Bryce |
| Number |
1127628 |
| Rank |
Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
London, 24 August 1921 |
| Arrived |
11 July 1943 |
| Departed |
3 October 1943 |
| Notes |
KIA, 3 October 1943, aged 22;
son of Frederick B. & Dorothy M. Gray of Glasgow, Scotland; buried in Abbeville
Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France, Plot 6, Row C, Grave 10 |
| Name |
GREEN,
Ronald Edward |
| Number |
928607 / 121075 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot, Flight Sergeant / Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Battlesbridge, Essex, 13 February
1921 |
| Arrived |
28 August 1941 |
| Departed |
17 October 1942 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1943) |
| Notes |
Commissioned April 1942; relinquished
commission as Flt Lt in RAFVR, retaining Sqn Ldr, on
appointment to commission as Fg Off in reconstituted RAFVR,
May 1949 |
| Name |
GREENFIELD,
William 'Bill' |
| Number |
926876 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot, Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Unknown |
| Arrived |
26 November 1941 |
| Departed |
19 December 1941 |
| Decorations |
DFC (US) (1943) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Oct 1943; relinquished
commission in RAFVR, retaining Flt Lt, June 1959 |
| Name |
GRIFFITH,
Lyndon Poynton |
| Number |
40968 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
New Zealand |
| Born |
Levin, New Zealand, 3 March
1922 |
| Arrived |
2 November 1943 |
| Departed |
26 January 1944 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1942) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RNZAF, Nov
1941; appointed to Short Service Commission as Flt Lt with RAF,
Mar 1950; transferred to Reserve as Flt Lt, Oct 1953; died Australia,
2003 |
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