The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1916-1919
Surnames Commencing with L
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| Name |
LAMBERT, ?. ?.
[Forenames?] |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
Unknown |
| Born |
Unknown |
| Arrived |
January 1919 |
| Departed |
Unknown |
| Notes |
Little known about this
pilot; further information sought; is this Robert Dyet Lambert? |
| Name |
LANDON,
Joseph Herbert Arthur |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Captain (Temp Major) |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Brentwood, Essex, March 1887 |
| Arrived |
20 July 1916 |
| Departed |
3 August 1917 |
| Decorations |
DSO (1917), MiD (1918),
OBE (1919) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in Army, Feb
1905; seconded to RFC, Oct 1914; OC
41 Sqn, 20 July 1916-3 August 1917; retired as Gp Capt, 1935; died 8 December
1935 |
| Name |
LANGFORD-SAINSBURY, Thomas Audley |
| Number |
07201 |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Bradfield, 23 November 1897 |
| Arrived |
24 June 1917 (First mentioned
on this date, but possibly with Sqn as early as 8 May 1917) |
| Departed |
Unknown |
| Decorations |
AFC (1919), 1st Bar to
AFC (1921), DFC (1924), 2nd Bar to AFC (1937), OBE (1940), MiD (1943), CB
(1945) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in Army, seconded
to RFC, Sep
16; retired May 1949, retaining Air Vice-Mshl; died 21 June 1972 |
| Name |
LATHAN,
Edgar George |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
Unknown |
| Born |
16 August 1898 |
| Arrived |
1919 |
| Departed |
1919 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RFC, Jul
1917; died of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident, Halloway, 3 July
1919 |
| Name |
LAWFORD, Eardley
Hayden ‘Bill’ |
| Number |
1877 |
| Rank |
Flight Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
21 September 1894 |
| Arrived |
April 1916 |
| Departed |
April 1916 |
| Notes |
Flt Sgt Pilot in RFC; 41 Sqn,
Gosport, for a week's ground training, Apr 1916; commissioned Jul 1917 |
| Name |
LEASK, Kenneth Malise
St. Clair Graeme |
| Number |
02206 |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Southsea, Hampshire, 30
October 1896 |
| Arrived |
11 December 1916 |
| Departed |
2 May 1917 |
| Decorations |
MC (1918), Bar to MC (1918), MiD
(1941) CB (1945) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in Army; seconded to
RFC, May 1916; retired as Air Vice-Mshl, Dec 1949; killed with his wife in
a motor vehicle accident, Chalfont St. Peter, 24 April 1974 |
| Name |
LETHBRIDGE,
Tyndall |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
18 October 1893 |
| Arrived |
ca 24 June 1917 (first
mentioned on this date) |
| Departed |
6 December 1917 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RFC, Nov
1917 |
| Name |
LIPSETT,
George Arthur |
| Number |
504362 |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Born |
Holland, Manitoba, Canada, 8
May 1896 or 1897 |
| Arrived |
11 December 1917 |
| Departed |
After 3 February 1918 |
| Notes |
Killed with 91 Sqn, 27 July
1918; son of Dr. John H. & Emily
E. Lipsett of Holland, Manitoba; buried in Grave 121.25A., Chichester Cemetery,
Sussex |
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