The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF 1939-1946 - L

The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1939-1946

Surnames Commencing with L

Name	LANE, Roy
Number	41028
Rank	Flight Lieutenant
Nationality	British
Born	Southsea, Hampshire, 12 September 1919
Arrived	6 April 1943
Departed	27 September 1943 (last mentioned in ORB on this date)
Notes	Executed by Japanese in Burma, as Sqn Ldr, 26 April 1944, aged 24; son of Sidney J. & Edith Lane of Southampton; buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar (Burma), Grave 17. A. 24.

Name	LANGLEY, Gerald Archibald
Number	81641
Rank	Pilot Officer
Nationality	British
Born	Potterspury, Northants, 29 July 1916
Arrived	18 June 1940
Departed	15 September 1940
Notes	KIA, 15 September 1940, aged 24; son of Archibald F. M. & Mary E. Langley of Northampton; buried in Grave 1300 of Saints Peter & Paul Churchyard, Abington, Northamptonshire

Name	LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward
Number	NZ.411494
Rank	Flight Lieutenant
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	Auckland, New Zealand, 16 October 1918
Arrived	20 February 1945
Departed	ca. August 1945
Notes	Commissioned 25 Sep 1941; died Dargaville, New Zealand, 27 September 1986

Name	LECKY, John Gage
Number	33570
Rank	Pilot Officer
Nationality	British
Born	Yokohama, Japan, 10 November 1920
Arrived	2 October 1940
Departed	11 October 1940
Notes	KIA, 11 October 1940, aged 19; son of Lt. Col. John G. & Marion D. H. Lecky of Lower Bourne; buried in Tilford (All Saints) Churchyard, Surrey

Name	LEE, John
Number	133032
Rank	Flight Lieutenant
Nationality	British
Born	Unknown
Arrived	9 May 1945
Departed	4 August 1945
Decorations	DFC (1943)
Notes	Commissioned October 1942

Name	LEGARD, William Ernest 'Billy'
Number	34045
Rank	Flying Officer
Nationality	British
Born	Brompton, Yorkshire, 24 July 1911
Arrived	26 November 1939
Departed	1 June 1940
Notes	KIA over Dunkirk, 1 June 1940, aged 29; son of Digby & Elaine Legard, & husband of Alice Legard of York; remembered on Panel 6 of the Runnymede Memorial

Name	LE ROUX, Jacobus Johannes 'Chris'
Number	42240
Rank	Pilot Officer
Nationality	South African
Born	Heidelberg, Transvaal, South Africa, 1920
Arrived	9 December 1940
Departed	19 February 1941
Decorations	DFC (1941), 1st Bar to DFC (1942), 2nd Bar to DFC (1943)
Notes	Missing, presumed dead, flew across Channel from France to UK but failed to arrive, 29 August 1944; remembered on Panel 200 of the Runnymede Memorial

Name	LISTER, Robert Charles Franklin
Number	33118
Rank	Squadron Leader
Nationality	British
Born	23 August 1913
Arrived	8 September 1940
Departed	14 September 1940
Decorations	DFC (1938)
Notes	OC 41 Sqn, 8-14 September 1940 (WIA); retired 31 Oct 1954, retaining Gp Capt; died March 1998

Name	LLEWELLYN, Reginald Thomas
Number	565271
Rank	Sergeant Pilot
Nationality	British
Born	Shirehampton, Gloucs, 25 March 1914
Arrived	25 November 1939
Departed	30 December 1939
Decorations	DFM (1940)
Notes	Commissioned Nov 1941; retired Mar 1957, retaining Flt Lt; died Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 6 August 2000

Name	LLOYD, John Maxwell Wauchope 'Max'
Number	1177131
Rank	Sergeant Pilot
Nationality	British
Born	Birmingham, 21 May 1920
Arrived	24 September 1941
Departed	20 August 1942
Decorations	DFC (1945)
Notes	Commissioned Dec 1942; retired May 1955; died 21 November 1987

Name	LLOYD, Philip David
Number	745794
Rank	Sergeant Pilot
Nationality	British
Born	Loughton, Essex, 6 March 1917
Arrived	ca 12 October 1940 (first mentioned on this date)
Departed	15 October 1940
Notes	KIA 15 October 1940, aged 23; son of James & Elizabeth K. Lloyd of Loughton, & husband of Phyllis I. Lloyd; buried in High Beech (Holy Innocents) Churchyard, Essex

Name	LOCK, Eric Stanley 'Sawn Off Lockie'
Number	81642
Rank	Pilot Officer
Nationality	British
Born	Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 19 April 1919
Arrived	18 June 1940
Departed	17 November 1940
Decorations	DFC (1940), Bar to DFC (1940), DSO (1940), MiD (1941)
Notes	KIA near Calais with 611 Sqn, 3 August 1941; remembered on Panel 29 of the Runnymede Memorial

Name	LONDON, Jack
Number	935631
Rank	Sergeant Pilot
Nationality	British
Born	Baildon, Yorkshire, 17 September 1920
Arrived	11 February 1941
Departed	11 May 1941
Notes	Commissioned Oct 1941; emigrated to Australia, 1952; died Melbourne, VIC, 2 March 1999

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, & to 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; KIFA at 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, Co. Antrim, Section F, Grave 1153

Name	LOWETH, Ronald Arthur
Number	125537
Rank	Flying Officer
Nationality	British
Born	Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, 7 April 1916
Arrived	5 July 1943
Departed	ca. 10 January 1944 (last mentioned in ORB on this date)
Notes	Commissioned May 1942; died Crediton, Devon, 18 June 1970

Name	LYONS, Gordon Howard
Number	R.80184
Rank	Sergeant Pilot
Nationality	Canadian
Born	Morden, Manitoba, Canada, 20 June 1916
Arrived	4 November 1941
Departed	18 December 1941
Notes	KIA with 33 Sqn, Acroma, Libya, 28 May 1942, aged 25; son of Howard T. & Sadie M. Lyons of Vancouver, BC, Canada; remembered on Column 264 of the Alamein Memorial, Egypt