The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF,
1923-1939
Surnames L
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| Name |
LARNER, Bertram Dudley |
| Number |
366132 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Norwich, Norfolk,
12 April 1910 |
| Arrived |
9 May 1934 |
| Departed |
9 July 1936 |
| Decorations |
MiD (1945) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in
Tech Branch from WO, Jun 1953; retired as Flt Lt, Apr 1965;
died Storrington, West Sussex, 4 March 1986 |
| Name |
LAWRENCE, Frederick Leslie |
| Number |
22198 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Bedford, Bedfordshire,
13 November 1904 |
| Arrived |
24 November 1927 |
| Departed |
27 June 1928 |
| Notes |
Commissioned May
1926; court-martialled for scandalous conduct, Jun 1928; sentenced
to be cashiered, but commuted to dismissal, 13 Aug 1928; died
Northampton, 24 March 1982 |
| Name |
LEACH, Anthony ‘Tony‘ |
| Number |
07202 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Spanish Town, St
Catherine, Jamaica, 25 August 1896 |
| Arrived |
17 December 1929 |
| Departed |
10 May 1932 |
| Decorations |
MC (1918), MiD (1941) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in
Army, 1916; seconded to RFC, Nov 1917; retired Jun 1946, retaining
Gp Capt; died Cardiff, 24 November 1971 |
| Name |
LOTT, Charles George |
| Number |
05239 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Portsmouth, 28 October
1906 |
| Arrived |
10 July 1933 |
| Departed |
31 December 1934 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1940), DSO
(1940), MiD (1941), CBE (1944), CB (1955) |
| Notes |
Joined RAF as A/C
Apprentice, 1922; pilot training, 1927; commissioned Apr 1933;
WIA (lost sight in right eye), Jul 1940; retired as Air Vice-Mshl,
May 1959; died Freshwater, Isle of Wight, 31 Dec 1989 |
| Name |
LOVELL, Anthony Desmond Joseph |
| Number |
40402 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying
Officer, Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Hatton, Ceylon [Sri
Lanka], 9 August 1919 |
| Arrived |
20 August 1938 (att
SHQ Catterick for Ops Room Duties, 22 Jul-20 Nov 1939, &
att 53 OTU, Heston, 20-24 Feb 1941) |
| Departed |
23 May 1941 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1940), Bar
to DFC (1942), DSO (1942), U.S. DFC (1944), Bar to DSO (1945) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jan
1938; killed in a flying accident, Old Sarum, 17 August 1945,
aged 26; son of late Stuart C. A. and Clare M. Lovell, of Portrush,
Northern Ireland; buried in Portrush Cemetery, Antrim, Section
F, Grave 1153 |
| Name |
LOVELL-GREGG, Terence Gunion
‘Shovel’ |
| Number |
29244 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
New Zealander |
| Born |
Wanganui, New Zealand,
19 September 1912 |
| Arrived |
8 March 1932 |
| Departed |
27 February 1933 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Mar
1931; KIA as OC, 87 Sqn, Abbotsbury, 15 Aug 1940, aged 27; buried
in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Warmwell, Dorset; son of Dr John
Lovell-Gregg MD, & Dora L. Lovell-Gregg, of Picton, Marlborough,
New Zealand |
| Name |
LUCAS, Philip Gadesden |
| Number |
22199 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Bexleyheath, Kent,
3 September 1902 |
| Arrived |
12 November 1929 |
| Departed |
22 March 1930 |
| Decorations |
George Medal (1941) |
| Notes |
Commissioned May
1926; transferred to RAFO, May 1931; Test Pilot, Hawker Aircraft
Ltd, 1937; Executive Director, Hawker Siddeley, Aug 1964; died
18 Dec 1981 |
| Name |
LUXMOORE, Henry Frederick |
| Number |
18217 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Church Minshull, Cheshire, 8 January 1902 |
| Arrived |
16 February 1925 |
| Departed |
16 July 1926 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Mar
1924; killed in flying accident with 56 Sqn, Biggin Hill, 20
Sep 1926, aged 23; son of Charles F. C. Luxmoore of Stafford
Barton, Devon |
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