The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1923-1939

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Name OAKSHOTT, Arthur Edward Cyril
Number 363682
Rank Sergeant
Nationality British
Born Portsmouth, Hampshire, 7 July 1907
Arrived 1929
Departed 1930
Decorations KCVSA (1943), KCVSA (1945), AFC (1946)
Notes Commissioned May 1942; retired July 1957, retaining Sqn Ldr; emigrated to Australia; died Sydney NSW, 26 October 1960

Name OTTWAY, Albert Leslie
Number 19001
Rank Flying Officer
Nationality British
Born Ealing, Middlesex, 25 May 1903
Arrived 12 March 1928
Departed 10 November 1928
Notes Commissioned Jun 1924; transferred to RAFO, Jun 1929; relinquished commission on cessation of service, Jun 1933; commissioned in Royal Crops of Signals, May 1939; relinquished commission on account of ill health, Mar 1941; commissioned in Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, Dec 1942; transferred to Reserve, Jan 1949, relinquished commission, Jun 1958, retaining Honorary Major; died Hanwell, London, 14 July 1975

Name OVERALL, Horace Ernest Herbert 'Pookie'
Number 39331
Rank Flying Officer
Nationality Canadian
Born Lincoln, Ontario, Canada, 26 August 1913
Arrived 7 August 1937
Departed 6 November 1939
Notes Killed in a flying accident, 6 Nov 1939, aged 26; son of William J. & Annie S. Overall of Niagara Falls, Ont, Canada; buried Row M, Grave 4, C of E Section, Catterick Cemetery, Yorks