The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1916-1919

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Name MacGOWN, John Cecil
Number 6964
Rank Lieutenant (Fg Off)
Nationality British
Born 10 March 1896
Arrived 21 March 1917
Departed 7 July 1917
Decorations MiD (1944), DFC (1944)
Notes Commissioned in Army; seconded to RFC, Feb 1917; shot down by AA, WIA & captured, Le Chatelet, 7 July 1917; transferred to Unemployed List, Feb 1919; studied Medicine, & commissioned in RAFVR (72766) Medical Branch, May 1939; relinquished commission Feb 1954, retaining Wg Cdr

Name MacGREGOR, Donald Argyle Douglas Ian
Number Unknown
Rank Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born ca 1895
Arrived 22 September 1917
Departed 30 November 1917
Notes Commissioned in Army, seconded to RFC, Mar 1916; KIA by ‘The Red Baron’, near Mœuvres, 30 November 1917, aged 22; son of late John & Elizabeth S MacGregor of Leith, Scotland; remembered on AFSM, Pas de Calais, France

Name MACKAY, Eric Darling
Number 5046
Rank 2nd Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born Scotland, 5 August 1898
Arrived 31 January 1917 (arrived 5 Feb 1917)
Departed July 1917
Notes Commissioned in RFC, Aug 1916; to Unemployed List, May 1919

Name MacLEAN, Loudoun James
Number 02231
Rank Captain (Fg Off)
Nationality British
Born Ealing, London, 1 February 1893
Arrived 5 June 1917 (First mentioned on this date)
Departed 1918
Decorations MC (1915), Bar to MC (1918)
Notes Commissioned in Army, seconded to RFC, May 1917; retired as Sqn Ldr, Apr 1935

Name MacLEOD, Malcolm Plaw
Number Unknown
Rank Lieutenant (Fg Off)
Nationality Canadian
Born Arnprior, Ontario, Canada, 24 January 1897
Arrived 17 August 1918
Departed Unknown (at least end of war)
Decorations DFC (1919), Belgian Croix de Guerre (1919)
Notes Commissioned in RFC, Aug 1917; claimed 41 Sqn’s final victory of WWI, 9 November 1918; commissioned in RCAF, Apr 1941; retired Sep 1945; died February 1960

Name MARCHANT, Clarence Henry
Number Unknown
Rank Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born ca. 1894
Arrived 24 October 1917
Departed 1 June 1918
Decorations French Croix de Guerre with Palm (1918),
Notes Commissioned in RFC, Aug 1916; killed in a flying accident, 5 Fighting School, Cairo, 3 March 1919, aged 25; son of the late Mr. W. W. Marchant, & Mrs E. Marchant of Tickners, Hawkhurst, Kent; buried in Grave Q.277, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt

Name MARTIN, Frederick William Herbert
Number Unknown
Rank Lieutenant
Nationality Canadian
Born Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, 5 September 1894
Arrived 18 June 1918
Departed 9 August 1918
Notes Commissioned in RFC, Dec 1917; KIA east of Estrees, 9 August 1918; son of George H. & the late Louisa J. C. Martin of Regina, Saskatchewan; remembered on AFSM, Pas de Calais, France

Name MARTIN, George Neville
Number Unknown
Rank Captain
Nationality British
Born Bedford, 19 October 1894
Arrived 4 May 1917
Departed 24 October 1917
Notes Commissioned in Army, Nov 1914; seconded to RFC, Mar 1916; relinquished commission on account of ill-health, Jan 1919, retaining Captain

Name McARDLE, Hugh Francis
Number Unknown
Rank Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born Unknown
Arrived After May 1917
Departed 18 September 1917
Notes Commissioned in Army; seconded to RFC, May 1917; KIA, Scarpe Valley, 18 September 1917; remembered on AFSM, Pas de Calais, France

Name McCALL, Frederick Robert Gordon
Number 696243
Rank Captain
Nationality Canadian
Born Vernon BC, Canada, 14 December 1895
Arrived 6 May 1918
Departed 18 August 1918
Decorations MC (1918), Bar to MC (1918), DFC (1918), DSO (1918)
Notes Commissioned Feb 1916; seconded to RFC, Nov 1917; became ill & hospitalised, 18 August 1918; Sqn Ldr in RCAF in WWII; Calgary International Airport named ‘McCall Field’ in his honour; died 2 January 1949

Name McCALL, James Darling
Number Unknown
Rank Lieutenant
Nationality Canadian
Born Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 16 June 1894
Arrived 19 October 1917
Departed 29 October 1917
Decorations MM (1916)
Notes Commissioned in Army, Jul 1916; seconded to RFC, Mar 1917-Dec 1918

Name McCONE, John P. [Middle name?]
Number 540033
Rank Lieutenant
Nationality Canadian
Born Quebec, Canada, 11 March 1891
Arrived 7 December 1917
Departed 24 March 1918
Notes Commissioned in Army, Feb 1917; seconded to RFC, Nov 1917; KIA, Havrincourt, 24 March 1918; remembered on AFSM, Pas de Calais, France

Name McGRAW, Frederick
Number 102124
Rank Lieutenant (Fg Off)
Nationality British
Born Egremont, Cheshire, England, 26 July 1891
Arrived 28 September 1918
Departed 18 December 1918
Notes Commissioned in Army, Jul 1917; seconded to RFC, Nov 1917; relinquished commission on ceasing to be attached to RAF, Feb 1919

Name McKENZIE, ?. ?. [Forename(s)?]
Number Unknown
Rank 2nd Lieutenant
Nationality Unknown
Born Unknown
Arrived ca. 7 June 1917 (first mentioned on this date)
Departed Unknown
Decorations Unknown
Notes Is this Lt Robert William McKenzie, Australian Flying Corps? Further information sought

Name McLEOD, Donald Vosburg
Number 337868
Rank 2nd Lieutenant (Fg Off)
Nationality Canadian
Born Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 22 April 1896
Arrived 28 September 1918
Departed 2 February 1919
Notes Commissioned Apr 1918; transferred to Unemployed List, Mar 1919

Name MEEK, Kenneth Alexander
Number 04130
Rank 2nd Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born Goole, 1 May 1896
Arrived ca 10 November 1916 (first mentioned on this date)
Departed poss 26 December 1916
Decorations MBE (1919)
Notes Commissioned in Army, 1915; seconded to RFC, Oct 1916; transferred to Unemployed List, Jun 1919; re-entered RAF ca 1924; transferred to Technical Branch, Jun 1940; retired as Gp Capt, Jun 1949

Name MILANI, Rudolph Siegfried
Number 19279
Rank 2nd Lieutenant
Nationality Unknown
Born 25 May 1899
Arrived 26 March 1918
Departed 28 May 1918
Notes Commissioned Oct 1917; shot down, WIA & captured, Eterpigny, 28 May 1918; transferred to Unemployed List, Mar 1919

Name MITCHELL, William
Number Unknown
Rank 2nd Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born ca. 1899
Arrived 9 August 1918
Departed 28 September 1918
Notes Shot down, WIA & captured, 28 September 1918; died of wounds, Leuze, Belgium, 10 October 1918, aged 19; son of Hugh & Barbara Mitchell of Seafield, Campbelltown, Argyll, Scotland; buried in Grave II.F.2, Leuze Communal Cemetery, Leuze-en-Hainaut, Hainaut, Belgium

Name MORRIS, Walter Alfred
Number Unknown
Rank Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born 21 July 1899
Arrived 9 August 1918
Departed 2 October 1918
Notes WIA but died of wounds, 2 October 1918; buried in Grave XXIV.F., Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium

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