The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF,
1923-1939
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| Name |
RAWSON, Arthur Harold Charles Adams |
| Number |
17170 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Bengal, India, 7
September 1896 |
| Arrived |
15 October 1923 |
| Departed |
31 October 1926 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in
Army, 1916; commissioned in RFC, Nov 1916; transferred to RAFO,
Mar 1928; involved in early helicopter experiments, 1928; relinquished
commission on cessation of service, Mar 1936; commissioned in
RAFVR, Mar 1940; killed in a flying accident, 3 Jun 1941, aged
45; buried in Pwllheli Borough Cemetery, Caernavon, Wales; son
of Edward J. W. & Catherine M. Rawson, & husband of
Mary S. Rawson, of Havant, Hampshire |
| Name |
RICHARDS, John Athelstan |
| Number |
37455 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Bristol, 23 January
1915 |
| Arrived |
24 April 1936 |
| Departed |
10 August 1936 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in
Army, May 1934; relinquished commission in Army on appointment
to commission in RAF, Nov 1935; transferred to RAFO; Nov 1941;
qualified as Doctor, 1950; relinquished commission as Sqn Ldr,
1959; died Reading, 10 Dec 1971 |
| Name |
RILEY, Alan Incell |
| Number |
17225 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Lambeth, London,
9 December 1897 |
| Arrived |
19 September 1923 |
| Departed |
31 January 1925 |
| Decorations |
AFC (1919)
|
| Notes |
Served in British
Army in WWI & commissioned in RFC, Sep 1916; transferred
to RAFO, Jul 1928; relinquished commission on cessation of service,
Jul 1932; died Hammersmith, 17 Dec 1960 |
| Name |
ROBERTS, David Neal |
| Number |
16229 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Bolney, Sussex,
4 June 1906 |
| Arrived |
17 March 1933 |
| Departed |
31 March 1935 |
| Decorations |
AFC (1938), OBE
(1941), CBE (1954) |
| Notes |
Flt Cadet, Cranwell,
1924; commissioned Jul 1926; retired as Air Cdre, May 1958;
died Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire, 25 Oct 2000 |
| Name |
ROBERTSON, Colin 'Robbie' |
| Number |
33412 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Falkirk, Stirlingshire,
Scotland, 11 March 1917 |
| Arrived |
17 December 1938 |
| Departed |
24 October 1939 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1940) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Dec
1938; killed in a flying accident near Filey, Yorkshire, 12
Dec 1943 |
| Name |
ROBINSON, George |
| Number |
362999 |
| Rank |
Sergeant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Seacombe, Cheshire,
16 September 1906 |
| Arrived |
7 April 1931 |
| Departed |
12 May 1931 |
| Notes |
Killed
in a flying accident on 99 Squadron, Upper Heyford, 6 Jul 1934;
buried Upper Heyford Cemetery |
| Name |
ROBINSON, Robert Algernon Rokeby |
| Number |
27144 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Dublin, Eire, 19
September 1909 |
| Arrived |
3 September 1929 |
| Departed |
5 June 1930 |
| Decorations |
OBE (1946) |
| Notes |
Commissioned 1928;
relinquished commission on account of ill health, Jul 1930;
changed surname to Coote-Robinson; commissioned in RAFO (75196),
Mar 1939; commissioned in RAFVR, Sep 39; retired Sep 1961, retaining
Gp Capt; died Camberley, United Kingdom, 15 Aug 1994 |
| Name |
ROULSTON, Jack Fendick |
| Number |
37640 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Queenstown, South
Africa, 14 January 1913 |
| Arrived |
11 October 1936 |
| Departed |
6 April 1938 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1940), MiD
(1941), DSO (1943), CBE (1945) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Mar
1936; transferred to RAFO, Jan 1942; retired as Air Cdre, Jan
1965; died Chilmark, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 7 Nov 1973 |
| Name |
ROWLAND, Tom |
| Number |
37641 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Unknown |
| Arrived |
11 October 1936 |
| Departed |
3 January 1937 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Mar
1936; transferred to RAFO, Jan 42; relinquished commission,
Jul 1963, retaining Wg Cdr; died South Africa, 16 May 2001 |
RUSSELL-BISHOP, Frank Anthony; see
BISHOP, Frank Anthony Russell
| Name |
RYDER, Edgar Norman |
| Number |
39193 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying
Officer, Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Risalpur, India,
28 November 1914 |
| Arrived |
30 June 1937 (att.
SHQ Catterick for Admin Duties, 7 February-22 July 1939) |
| Departed |
17 January 1941 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1940), Bar
to DFC (1941), MiD (1945), Order of Orange Nassau (NL) (1947),
CBE (1960) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Oct
1936; shot down and captured whilst OC, Kenley Wing, 31 October
1941; retired Oct 1960, retaining Gp Capt; died Sun City West,
Arizona, USA, 16 October 1995 |
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