The Pilots of 41 Squadron
RAF, 1939-1946
Surnames Commencing with M
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| Name |
MACKENZIE, John Noble |
| Number |
40547 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying
Officer, Flight Lieutenant, Supernumerary Squadron Leader |
| Nationality |
New Zealander |
| Born |
Goodwood, Otago,
New Zealand, 11 August 1914 |
| Term 1 |
17 September 1938-15
March 1941 |
| Term 2 |
1-9 February 1944 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1940) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in
RAF, Feb 1938; retired Dec 1957, retaining Sqn Ldr; died 28
March 1993 |
| Name |
MAKINS, Arthur Edward |
| Number |
565992 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Thetford, Norfolk,
29 January 1915 |
| Arrived |
25 November 1939 |
| Departed |
6 January 1940 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Dec
1941; released Dec 1945; died Lerwick, Shetland, 3 September
2000 |
| Name |
MALONE, Charles John 'Jack' |
| Number |
J.29253 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying
Officer |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Born |
London, Ontario,
Canada, 6 March 1923 |
| Arrived |
29 February 1944 |
| Departed |
15 August 1944 |
| Decorations |
CD (1958), Clasp
to CD (1968) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Aug
1943; discharged & transferred to RCAF Reserve as Flt Lt,
Sep 1945; re-commissioned in RCAF as Fg Off, Oct 1950; retired
Oct 1968, retaining Major; died London, Ont, Canada, 8 August
2016 |
| Name |
MARPLES, Roy |
| Number |
70868 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Muswell Hill, 22
January 1920 |
| Arrived |
9 August 1941 |
| Departed |
30 September 1941 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1941), Bar
to DFC (1943) |
| Notes |
KIFA near Horsham,
Sussex, when Wg Cdr Flying of 145 Wing, 26 April 1944, aged
24; son of Percy S. & Elizabeth M. L. Marples, & husband
of Kathleen G. V. Marples of Cambridge; buried in Chichester
Cemetery, Sussex, Square 159, Church of England Plot, Grave
10 |
| Name |
MARSHALL, J. R. [Forenames?] |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality |
Unknown |
| Born |
Unknown |
| Arrived |
Unknown |
| Departed |
22 March 1946 |
| Notes |
Nothing further
known about this pilot; all details sought |
|
| Name |
MATTHEW, Ian George Stewart |
| Number |
114998 |
| Rank |
Squadron Leader |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Burton on Trent,
28 August 1920 |
| Arrived |
20 November 1943 |
| Departed |
25 January 1944 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1943) |
| Notes |
OC 41 Sqn, 20 Nov
1943-25 Jan 1944; retired Sep 1946, retaining Sqn Ldr; emigrated
to Canada, July 1957, died Cambridge, Ontario, 23 October 2018. |
| Name |
MATTOCK, Allen Vincent 'Matt' |
| Number |
181658 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Gainsborough, Lincs,
9 December 1923 |
| Arrived |
23 October 1945 |
| Departed |
31 March 1946 |
| Notes |
Remained in RAF
after war & retired as Flt Lt, Jan 1967; died Ixworth, Suffolk,
25 September 2011 |
|
| Name |
MAY, Stanley Henry |
| Number |
402602 |
| Rank |
Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality |
Australian |
| Born |
Sydney, NSW, Australia,
9 November 1921 |
| Arrived |
2 February 1943 |
| Departed |
19 September 1943 |
| Notes |
Shot down and
WIA but evaded, 19 Sep 1943; commissioned Jun 1944; discharged
Aug 1945; died Belmont NSW, 28 July 2002 |
| Name |
McADAM, John |
| Number |
748076 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Gillingham, Kent,
21 March 1919 |
| Arrived |
18 June 1940 |
| Departed |
20 February 1941 |
| Notes |
KIA 20 February
1941; buried in Island Magee (Ballyharry) Cemetery, County Antrim,
Northern Ireland, Section D, Grave 48 |
| Name |
McCARTHY, John Dudley ‘Mac’ |
| Number |
147196 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Norwich, Norfolk,
25 March 1918 |
| Arrived |
3 September 1945 |
| Departed |
4 January 1946 |
| Notes |
Died Redbridge,
Essex, 26 July 1994 |
|
| Name |
McFARLANE,
Vincent John 'Horse' |
| Number |
403360 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
Australian |
| Born |
Sydney, NSW, Australia,
30 November 1920 |
| Arrived |
25 November 1941 |
| Departed |
15 January 1942 |
| Decorations |
DFM (1943), DFC
(1944) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Dec
1942; released Sep 1945; joined 22 (City of Sydney) Sqn CAF,
Richmond NSW, Jan 1949; died of cerebral aneurysm, 21 January
1950 |
| Name |
McKELLAR,
Leslie Duncan |
| Number |
J.23539 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Born |
Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada, 22 November 1919 |
| Arrived |
14 June 1944 |
| Departed |
4 August 1944 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Nov
1942; released Sep 1945; died Prince George, BC, Canada, 21
March 2008 |
| Name |
McLEOD, Angus |
| Number |
628732 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Penarth, Glamorgan,
Wales, 28 June 1921 |
| Arrived |
28 August 1941 |
| Departed |
23 October 1941 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1943) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Aug
1942; missing, presumed dead, 25 March 1945 with 248 Sqn, aged
23; son of Norman & Catherine McLeod, and husband of Doreen
G. McLeod; remembered on Panel 265 of the Runnymede Memorial,
Surrey |
| Name |
MEAGHER, Patrick Edward |
| Number |
30472 |
| Rank |
Supernumerary Squadron
Leader |
| Nationality |
Irish |
| Born |
Haulbowline, Cork,
Ireland, 8 October 1910 |
| Arrived |
23 February 1941 |
| Departed |
28 May 1941 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1944), DSO
(1944) |
| Notes |
Commissioned June
1933; retired June 1960, retaining Gp Capt; died Lagos, Nigeria,
7 December 1966 |
| Name |
MENZIES, William McDonald |
| Number |
966006 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Aberdeen, Scotland,
8 March 1918 |
| Arrived |
1 July 1941 |
| Departed |
9 July 1941 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Feb
1942; KIFA with 92 Sqn, west of Alexandria, Egypt, 7 September
1942, aged 24; son of William M. & Beatrice Menzies, &
husband of Audrey J. Menzies of Aberdeen, Scotland; remembered
on Column 248 of the Alamein Memorial |
| Name |
MIDDLEMISS, Robert George 'Bob' |
| Number |
R.56405 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot,
Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Born |
Montreal, Quebec,
Canada, 30 July 1920 |
| Arrived |
25 September 1941 |
| Departed |
27 April 1942 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1944), CD (1962) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jul
1942; retired as Wg Cdr, 13 Jun 1969; appointed Hon Colonel,
427 Tactical Helicopter Sqn, Oct 2003; died Barrie Ont, 1 August
2013 |
| Name |
MILEHAM, Denys Edgar 'Den' |
| Number |
77678 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Bromley, Kent, 13
December 1920 |
| Arrived |
30 September 1940 |
| Departed |
8 February 1941 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Feb
1940; KIA with 234 Sqn, 15 April 1942, aged 22; son of Edgar
C. & Erna G. I. Mileham of Boxmoor, Herts.; remembered on
Panel 66 of the Runnymede Memorial |
| Name |
MILLER, Alister Donald 'Andy' |
| Number |
418145 |
| Rank |
Warrant Officer |
| Nationality |
Australian |
| Born |
Armadale VIC, Australia,
30 October 1922 |
| Arrived |
23 October 1944 |
| Departed |
21 January 1945 |
| Notes |
KIA with 130 Sqn,
27 April 1945, aged 22; son of Donald J. & Mary T. Miller, &
husband of Doris M. Miller of Esher, Surrey; initially buried
Siegelkow, Germany, identified as a Canadian pilot, but correctly
identified in 1947 and re-interred in Grave 9.C.11. of Berlin
1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany |
| Name |
MITCHELL, Herbert Robert |
| Number |
391843 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot /
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
New Zealander |
| Born |
Deep Creek, near
Havelock, New Zealand, 13 March 1917 |
| Arrived |
12 May 1941 |
| Departed |
ca 29 March April
1942 (last mentioned on this date) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jan
1942; KIA with 603 Sqn, Malta, 12 May 1942, aged 25; son of
William & Edith Mitchell of Reefton, Nelson, NZ; remembered
on Panel 5, Column 1 of the Malta Memorial |
| Name |
MOFFETT, Hubert Bruce |
| Number |
J.6368 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer,
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Born |
Viceroy, Saskatchewan,
Canada, 9 April 1916 |
| Arrived |
7 April 1943 |
| Departed |
26 February 1944 |
| Notes |
Shot down the RAF's
first V1 flying bomb in daylight by a fighter, 16 Jun 1944;
died Kelowna BC, Canada, 11 July 1981 |
| Name |
MONK, Clifford George |
| Number |
1332152 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Streatham, London,
10 October 1922 |
| Arrived |
25 August 1942 |
| Departed |
ca. late January
1943 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1945), MiD
(1946) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jun
1944; commission relinquished as Fg Off, Apr 1946; emigrated
to Canada, 1950s; died Sarnia, Ont, Canada, 21 October 2009 |
| Name |
MORGAN, Harry Press Dee |
| Number |
1165314 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Derby, 13 June 1922 |
| Arrived |
12 July 1941 |
| Departed |
27 August 1941 |
| Notes |
KIA 27 August 1941,
aged 19; son of Harry J. & Maud V. Morgan of Derby; buried
Hawkinge Cemetery, Kent, Plot O, Grave 48 |
| Name |
MORLEY, William Forster 'Bill' |
| Number |
1386265 |
| Rank |
Warrant Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Walsall, Devonshire, 6 October 1921 |
| Arrived |
14 January 1946 |
| Departed |
31 March 1946 |
| Notes |
Demobilised, 16
May 1946; died Sidmouth, Devon, 2 June 2003 |
|
| Name |
MORROGH-RYAN, Oliver Bertram
'Buck' |
| Number |
40970 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying
Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Dunboyne Castle,
Meath, Ireland, 20 March 1919 |
| Arrived |
15 April 1939 |
| Departed |
18 December 1940 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Aug
1938; KIFA near Telford, Salop, with 68 Sqn, 26 July 1941, aged
22; son Leonard & Laura Morrogh-Ryan, & husband of Marguerite
Morrogh-Ryan of Brettanby Manor; buried in Grave 26 of the Lower
Plot of Barton (St. Cuthbert) Churchyard, Yorkshire |
| Name |
MOTTERSHEAD, Clifford Harper |
| Number |
164378 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Sale, Cheshire,
24 October 1919 |
| Arrived |
31 January 1945 |
| Departed |
2 March 1945 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Mar
1944; KIA, 2 March 1945, aged 25; son of David & Francis
M, Mottershead of Heaton Chapel, Stockport, Cheshire; buried
in Maastricht General Cemetery, Limburg, NL, Row 4, Grave 164 |
| Name |
MOYLE, Crawford Noal 'Micky' |
| Number |
437353 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot,
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
Australian |
| Born |
Port Pirie, South
Australia, 3 May 1922 |
| Arrived |
23 October 1944 |
| Departed |
29 October 1945 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Oct
1945; discharged as Fg Off Jun 1946; rejoined the RAAF, Aug
1951; released Sep 1955 |
| Name |
MUNSON, Rupert William 'Lew' |
| Number |
414065 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
Australian |
| Born |
Ingham, QLD, Australia,
20 February 1921 |
| Arrived |
1 December 1944 |
| Departed |
14 March 1945 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Sep
1943; rejoined RAAF as Pharmacist, Oct 1956; retired as Wg Cdr,
Jun 1977; died Newcastle NSW, 3 March 2013 |
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