The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1916-1919
Surnames Commencing with P
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| Name |
PAQUIN, Horace Emile |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Lieutenant (Fg Off) |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Born |
Canada, 25 January 1892 |
| Arrived |
14 June 1917 |
| Departed |
23 June 1917 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in Army, 1915; seconded to RFC, Mar
1916 |
| Name |
PAYNE, Henry Gilbert Douglas
MacFarlane |
| Number |
5891 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Unknown |
| Arrived |
13 June 1917 |
| Departed |
18 July 1917 |
| Decorations |
King's Commendation for
Valuable Services in the Air (1945) |
| Notes |
RFC Observer, Jun 1915; commissioned, Nov 1917; re-commissioned in RAFVR
(89583), Jan 1941; Short Service Commission, Aug 1948; relinquished
commission, Aug 1950, retaining Sqn Ldr |
| Name |
PAYNE,
James Dennis |
| Number |
923 |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Unknown |
| Arrived |
10 June 1917 |
| Departed |
Prior to 10 August 1917 |
| Decorations |
MC (1917) |
| Notes |
Joined RFC, Jul 1915;
commissioned Mar 1917 |
| Name |
PERKINS,
Thorold |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
ca. 1886 |
| Arrived |
ca. 15 October 1916 (first
mentioned on this date) |
| Departed |
31 May 1917 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RFC, Apr 1916;
killed in a flying accident, 31 May 1917, aged 31; son of C. G. Perkins of Devizes, Wiltshire; buried in Grave I.O.1, Mendinghem
Military Cemetery,
Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium |
| Name |
PINK,
Alan Luis |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Lieutenant (Fg Off) |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
London, 23 August 1898 |
| Arrived |
26 September 1918 |
| Departed |
30 October 1918 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jul 1916; WIA but died of wounds, 30 October 1918, aged 20; son
of John F. & Edith Pink of London, & Seaford, Sussex; buried in Grave A.10, Kooigem Churchyard, Kortrijk,
Flanders, Belgium |
| Name |
PORTER,
Cedric Ernest Victor |
| Number |
04170 |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant, Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Helmsley, Yorkshire, 12 November 1893 |
| Arrived |
ca. 24 October 1916 (first
mentioned on this date) |
| Departed |
12 August 1917 |
| Decorations |
MiD (1921), CBE (1944) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in Army, 1916; seconded
to RFC, Aug 1916; hospitalised, 12 August 1917; permanent commission in RAF, Aug 1919; retired Dec
1946, retaining Air Vice-Mshl; died
Newbury Hospital, 17 April 1975 |
| Name |
POWELL, Frederick James |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Major |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
13 August 1895 |
| Arrived |
3 August 1917 |
| Departed |
2 February 1918 |
| Decorations |
MC (1916), MiD (1943), MiD
(1944), MiD (1945), OBE (1945) |
| Notes |
NCO, TA, Oct
1913-Nov 1914; transferred to RFC, Nov 1914; commissioned Feb 1915; OC 41 Sqn, 3
August 1917-2 February 1918; shot down, WIA & captured near Douai,
2 February 1918; transferred to Unemployed List, May 1919; commission
cancelled Dec 1919, but re-engaged ca. 1921; transferred to
RAFO, Jun 1927; relinquished commission on cessation of service, Jun 1931; commissioned
in RAFVR (74207), Sep 1939; Wg Cdr by 1945; died Dorset,
1980s |
| Name |
PUFFER, Stanley Asa |
| Number |
79598 |
| Rank |
Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Born |
Olds, Alberta, Canada, 8 December 1893 |
| Arrived |
4 February 1918 |
| Departed |
ca. October 1918 |
| Decorations |
Croix de Guerre (date?) |
| Notes |
Commissioned
Jul 1917; attached to RFC, Aug 1917; seconded to RFC, Dec 1917; ceased to be seconded to RAF & relinquished commission, Dec
1918; demobilised Feb 1919; RCAF Link Trainer Instructor during
WWII; died 13 June 1982 |
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