The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1939-1946
Surnames Commencing with O
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| Name |
ODDY,
Clifford 'Cliff' |
| Number |
1218157 |
| Rank |
Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Leeds, Yorkshire, 2 August 1922 |
| Arrived |
8 June 1944 |
| Departed |
17 July 1944 |
| Notes |
KIFA in mid-air collision with
Flt Sgt Roger Short, Lympne, 17 July 1944, aged 21; son of Clifford & Catherine
Oddy of Armley, Leeds, & husband of Elsie Oddy of Headingley, Leeds; buried
in Armley Cemetery, Leeds, Yorkshire, Section G, Grave 1219 |
| Name |
O'NEILL,
Desmond Hugh |
| Number |
40638 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
Irish |
| Born |
Madras, India, 19 November 1914 |
| Arrived |
29 September 1940 |
| Departed |
11 October 1940 |
| Notes |
KIFA in mid-air collision
with Sgt Plt Leslie R. Carter, baled out but parachute failed, 11 October 1940,
aged 25; son of Lt Col Edward M. & Ethel M. O'Neill of Glasnevin, Dublin,
Ireland, & husband of Muriel O'Neill; buried in Streatham Park Cemetery,
Surrey, Square 7A, Grave 12104 |
| 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,
Yorkshire |
| Name |
OXENHAM,
Russel Edwin George |
| Number |
1317677 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Plymouth, Devon, ca July 1922 |
| Arrived |
ca 26 August 1942 (first
mentioned on this date) |
| Departed |
24 September 1942 |
| Notes |
KIFA during air-to-ground
firing practice off Newcastle, Northern
Ireland, 24 September 1942, aged
20; son of Edwin G. & Olive I. Oxenham of Mutley, Plymouth; buried in Plymouth
Efford Cemetery, Devon, Section C, General Grave 9740, 9 October 1942 |
| Name |
OXSPRING,
Robert Wardlow |
| Number |
40743 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Sheffield, Yorkshire, 22 May
1919 |
| Arrived |
1 October 1941 |
| Departed |
28 December 1941 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1940), 1st Bar to DFC (1942),
2nd Bar to DFC (1943), Dutch Flying Cross (1947), AFC (1949) |
| Notes |
Commissioned May 1938; retired
as Gp Capt, Feb 1968; died 8 August 1989 |
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