The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1939-1946
Surnames Commencing with P
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| Name |
PAIRMAN,
William Robert |
| Number |
1001096 |
| Rank |
Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality |
Scottish |
| Born |
Biggar, Lanark., Scotland, 19 October 1920 |
| Arrived |
21 March 1945 |
| Departed |
22 April 1945 |
| Notes |
Post-War crop dusting pilot in Ecuador, Costa
Rica, Canada and Jamaica; emigrated to Jamaica, late 1960s; died
Jamaica, 20 January 2010 |
| Name |
PALMER,
Wilfred 'Bill' |
| Number |
968591 / 110572 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot / Pilot Officer,
Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Cardiff, Glamorgan, 11 December
1913 |
| Arrived |
11 February 1941 |
| Departed |
12 April 1942 |
| Decorations |
DFM (1941) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Oct 1941;
shot down & captured, 12 April 1942; repatriated May 1945; died
Penarth, 21 September 1995 |
| Name |
PANNELL,
Geoffrey Charles Russell |
| Number |
131721 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
New Zealander |
| Born |
Christchurch, New Zealand, 22
August 1913 |
| Arrived |
12 May 1941 |
| Departed |
14 July 1941 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1942), French Croix de
Guerre with Palms (1943) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Aug 1941; transferred
to reserve, Jan 1946; retired Jul 1962; died Christchurch, New Zealand,
3 May 1980 |
| Name |
PARRY,
Hugh Lawrence |
| Number |
89399 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Dartford, Kent, 29 October 1915 |
| Arrived |
7 April 1943 |
| Departed |
24 September 1943 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Dec 1940;
shot down & WIA near Crillon, France, 24 Sep 1943; evaded capture until
Feb 1944; repatriated Apr 1945; died 6 February 2006 |
| Name |
PAYNE,
Jim Charles Joe, 'Jimmy' |
| Number |
1331403 / 170730 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot / Pilot Officer,
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Edmonton, Middlesex, 28 January
1921 |
| Arrived |
5 July 1943 |
| Departed |
7 March 1945 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jan 1944; discharged
early Summer 1946; died Brighton, Sussex, 4 November 2008 |
| Name |
PEARSON,
James McLean 'Jim' |
| Number |
40986 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
New Zealander |
| Born |
Greymouth, New Zealand, 14 March
1920 |
| Arrived |
11 March 1941 |
| Departed |
9 May 1941 |
| Decorations |
MiD (1944) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jun 1943;
transferred to Reserve, Jan 1946; re-commissioned in RNZAF, May 1949; retired
as Flt Lt, Mar
1975; died 29 January 2009 |
| 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, 13 Nov 1940; emigrated to Australia; died Cairns QLD, 24
June 2011 |
| Name |
PINNY,
John Anthony Hurst |
| Number |
1180017 |
| Rank |
Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Northampton,
Northamptonshire, 12 January 1921 |
| Arrived |
31 October 1941 |
| Departed |
ca 17 May 1942 (last
mentioned on this date) |
| Decorations |
Czech Military Cross (1946) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jul 1942; KIA
with 313 (Czech) Sqn, 1 February 1945, aged 24; son
of Horace G. & Nellie M. Pinny of Wootton, Northamptonshire; buried in Leopoldsburg
War Cemetery, Belgium, Grave I. B. 13. |
| Name |
POLAK,
Jerzy |
| Number |
P.1802 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
Polish |
| Born |
Poland, 20 September 1918 |
| Arrived |
19 December 1942 |
| Departed |
29 April 1943 |
| Decorations |
Polish KW [Krzyz Walecznych
/ Cross of Valour] (1944), 1st Bar to KW (1944), 2nd Bar to KW (1944) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Mar 1942; remained in UK after War |
| Name |
POYNTON,
Thomas Rex |
| Number |
86361 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
(Acting Flight Lieutenant) |
| Nationality |
South African |
| Born |
Eshowe, Zululand, 22 March 1920 |
| Arrived |
16 April 1942 |
| Departed |
23 April 1943 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Sep 1940;
KIA, 23 April 1943, aged 23; son of Thomas & Gladys Poynton of Eshowe, Zululand; remembered on Panel 120 of the Runnymede Memorial |
| Name |
PRICKETT,
Leslie Alfred |
| Number |
1051809 / 139811 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot / Pilot Officer,
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Stockport, Cheshire, 22 April
1922 |
| Arrived |
2 July 1942 |
| Departed |
27 August 1943 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jan 1943; shot
down & captured, 27 August 1943; relinquished commission in RAFVR, retaining
wartime rank, on appointment to RAuxAF, Feb 1947; died Cheshire, 4 June
1964 |
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