The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 
			1923-1939
			Surnames P
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					| Name | 
					
					PAYNE, Charles | 
				 
				
					| Number | 
					247247 | 
				 
				
					| Rank | 
					Sergeant Pilot | 
				 
				
					| Nationality | 
					British | 
				 
				
					| Born | 
					Gloucester, 18 April 
					1901 | 
				 
				
					| Arrived | 
					1928 | 
				 
				
					| Departed | 
					1928 | 
				 
				
					| Decorations | 
					MiD (1943) | 
				 
				
					| Notes | 
					Commissioned in 
					Tech Branch (43657), May 1940; retired Feb 1947, retaining Wg 
					Cdr; died North Cotswold, Gloucs, 16 Dec 1973  | 
				 
			 
			 
			
				
					| Name | 
					
					PEARCE, G. H. [Forenames?] | 
				 
				
					| Number | 
					Unknown | 
				 
				
					| Rank | 
					Sergeant Pilot | 
				 
				
					| Nationality | 
					Unknown | 
				 
				
					| Born | 
					Unknown | 
				 
				
					| Arrived | 
					1932 (att 8 Sqn, 
					Aden, 18 Sep-1 Nov 1935) | 
				 
				
					| Departed | 
					4 January 1937 | 
				 
				
					| Notes | 
					Graduated CFS as 
					QFI, Mar 37; is this 590550 Flt Sgt George Harold Pearce, commissioned 
					(45228) Jan 1941? | 
				 
			 
			 
			PENDEREL, Hubert Wilson Godfrey 
			Jones, see JONES, Hubert Wilson Godfrey 
			 
			
				
					| Name | 
					
					PENNY, Claud Edmund Clayton | 
				 
				
					| Number | 
					17219 | 
				 
				
					| Rank | 
					Flying Officer | 
				 
				
					| Nationality | 
					British | 
				 
				
					| Born | 
					Fullham, London, 
					11 August 1893 | 
				 
				
					| Arrived | 
					1 October 1923 | 
				 
				
					| Departed | 
					27 February 1924 | 
				 
				
					| Notes | 
					Commissioned in 
					Army, Apr 1917; commissioned in RAF, Aug 1918; relinquished 
					RAF commission & returned to Army service, Sep 1919; retired 
					as Capt, Jul 1922; granted commission in RAF, Jun 1923; transferred 
					to RAFO, Jun 1928; relinquished commission on cessation of service, 
					Jun 1932; filed for bankruptcy (77/1933), Oct 1933; commission 
					Battalion Major, Royal Fusiliers, Apr 1944; cashiered by General 
					Court Martial, Mar 1946; died Richmond, Surrey, 1973 | 
				 
			 
			 
			
				
					| Name | 
					
					PERRY, Arthur Raymond | 
				 
				
					| Number | 
					18012 | 
				 
				
					| Rank | 
					Pilot Officer | 
				 
				
					| Nationality | 
					British | 
				 
				
					| Born | 
					Barton Regis, Gloucestershire, 
					20 March 1900 | 
				 
				
					| Arrived | 
					14 July 1924 | 
				 
				
					| Departed | 
					23 November 1924 | 
				 
				
					| Notes | 
					Commissioned Jul 
					1923; resign commission on account off ill health, Jun 1929; 
					died 14 January 1983 | 
				 
			 
			 
			
				
					| Name | 
					
					PERRY-KEENE, Thomas Henry 'Tom' | 
				 
				
					| Number | 
					19193 | 
				 
				
					| Rank | 
					Pilot Officer, Flying 
					Officer | 
				 
				
					| Nationality | 
					British | 
				 
				
					| Born | 
					Wimbledon, Surrey, 
					12 December 1902 | 
				 
				
					| Arrived | 
					31 March 1925 | 
				 
				
					| Departed | 
					3 January 1927 | 
				 
				
					| Notes | 
					Commissioned Mar 
					1925; killed in a flying accident, Hal Far, Malta, 21 July 1934 | 
				 
			 
			 
			
				
					| Name | 
					
					PIDDOCKE, Bernard Gregory 'Piddle' | 
				 
				
					| Number | 
					70813 | 
				 
				
					| Rank | 
					Pilot Officer | 
				 
				
					| Nationality | 
					British | 
				 
				
					| Born | 
					Kirknewton, Wooler, 
					Yorkshire, 8 November 1917 | 
				 
				
					| Arrived | 
					20 March 1939 | 
				 
				
					| Departed | 
					17 October 1940 | 
				 
				
					| Notes | 
					Transferred to ATA, 
					White Waltham, as Ferry Pilot, Nov 1940; emigrated to Australia 
					after war; died Cairns QLD, 24 June 2011 | 
				 
			 
			 
			
				
					| Name | 
					
					POMEROY, Lloyd Holt | 
				 
				
					| Number | 
					34176 | 
				 
				
					| Rank | 
					Pilot Officer | 
				 
				
					| Nationality | 
					British | 
				 
				
					| Born | 
					22 August 1912 | 
				 
				
					| Arrived | 
					4 March 1935 (att 
					AHQ Aden, Mar-Aug 1936) | 
				 
				
					| Departed | 
					14 October 1936 | 
				 
				
					| Notes | 
					Commissioned Mar 
					1934; resigned commission, May 1937; served with the ATA during 
					WWII; died Taunton, Somerset, 17 Jan 2003 | 
				 
			 
			 
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