The Pilots of 41 Squadron
RAF, 1939-1946
Surnames Commencing with R
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| Name |
RAKE,
Derek Shannon Vaughan |
| Number |
124494 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Alderholt, Dorset, 26 May 1922 |
| Arrived |
24 February 1945 |
| Departed |
5 August 1945 |
| Decorations |
AFC (1951), OBE (1955), Bar
to AFC (1960) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jun 1942;
claimed 41 Sqn's last victory of WWII, 3 May 1945; retired Mar 1976, retaining Gp Capt;
died Crowthorne, 11 Dec 2020 |
| Name |
RANGER,
Geoffrey Harold |
| Number |
60082 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Cheam, Surrey, 17 April 1918 |
| Arrived |
11 March 1941 |
| Departed |
31 October 1941 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1942) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jan 1941; KIA
with 250 Sqn, 16 December 1941, aged 23; son of Clarence
P. & Marjorie I. Ranger of Cheam, Surrey; buried in Tobruk War Cemetery,
Libya, Grave 7. P. 6 |
| Name |
RAYNER,
Ronald |
| Number |
988751 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Manchester, 8 September 1921 |
| Arrived |
9 June 1941 |
| Departed |
16 February 1942 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1945) |
| Notes |
Commissioned June 1942; died
8 April 1999 |
| Name |
REFSHAUGE,
John George Hamilton 'Ref' & 'Jack' |
| Number |
409447 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
Australian |
| Born |
Sandringham, Victoria, Australia,
28 April 1919 |
| Arrived |
14 April 1944 (WIA &
hospitalised, 9 Jun-9 Sep 1944) |
| Departed |
14 January
1945 |
| Decorations |
OBE (1978), AM (1987) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jul 1942; discharged,
Jan 1946; grad MBBS, Melb Uni, 23 Oct 51; re-enlisted in RAAF Reserve, Oct 1952; died 26
November 1999 |
| Name |
REID,
Daniel Joseph 'Denny' |
| Number |
401666 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
Australian |
| Born |
Yarraville, VIC, Australia,
28 April 1920 |
| Arrived |
3 August 1944 |
| Departed |
25 March 1945 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1945) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Dec 1941; WIA by
AA & hospitalised, 25 Mar 1945 until end of war; demobilised, Aug 1946;
ordained after war, becoming Rev Father Urban Reid; died Melbourne VIC, 1 May 1993,
aged 72 |
| Name |
REMEZ, Aharon 'Rem' |
| Number |
605523 |
| Rank |
Flight Sergeant, Warrant Officer |
| Nationality |
Palestinian (Israeli after the
establishment of the state of Israel) |
| Born |
Tel Aviv, Palestine, 8 May 1919 |
| Arrived |
10 April 1945 |
| Departed |
31 March 1946 |
| Notes |
Founder & first CO of Israeli
Air Force, 1948-50; Israeli Ambassador to UK, 1965-70; Director-General of
the Israeli Ports Authority, 1970-77; Chairman, Israeli Aviation Authority,
1977-81; died Israel, 3 April 1994 |
| Name |
RIGGS,
William Charles 'Billy' |
| Number |
1194930 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Alderholt, Dorset, 8 March 1922 |
| Arrived |
11 November 1941 |
| Departed |
25 November 1941 |
| Notes |
KIFA in 8 AACU Hurricane
near Tisbury, Dorset, 29 August 1942, aged 20; son of Robert & Elsie C.
M. Riggs of Shaftesbury, Dorset; buried in the central section of St. Thomas Chrurchyard Extension, Melbury Abbas, Dorset |
| Name |
ROBERTS,
Peter Hugh Percy |
| Number |
1211364 |
| Rank |
Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Gillingham, Dorset, 20 August
1922 |
| Arrived |
25 August 1942 |
| Departed |
ca. 15 December 1942 (Last mentioned
in ORB on this date) |
| Decorations |
King's Commendation for Valuable
Service in the Air (1952) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Nov 1943;
retired as Sqn Ldr, Nov 1960; emigrated to Australia; died Launceston,
Tasmania, June 2015 |
| 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; KIFA in 25 Sqn Mosquito near Filey, Yorkshire, 12 December
1943 |
| Name |
ROBERTSON,
Colin Stuart 'Robbie' |
| Number |
421627 |
| Rank |
Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality |
Australian |
| Born |
Ashfield, NSW, Australia, 7
March 1918 |
| Arrived |
8 June 1944 |
| Departed |
22 August 1944 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Nov 1944;
discharged Feb 1946; died Northbridge, Sydney NSW, Australia, 13 July
2001 |
| Name |
ROBINSON,
Kenneth Basil 'Robbie' |
| Number |
1126985 / 139816 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot / Pilot Officer,
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
Irish |
| Born |
Killiney, Dublin, Ireland, 14
April 1922 |
| Term 1 |
1 July-21 October 1942 |
| Term 2 |
17 January-7 June 1944 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Jan 1943; hit
by Flak off Guernsey, baled out, but died of hypothermia before he could be picked
up by ASR, 7 June 1944, aged 22; son of Ernest S. & Lilian M. Robinson of Monkstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland; buried in Buckland
Monachorum Cemetery, Devon, England, Section R.1., Grave 9 |
| Name |
ROGOWSKI,
Jan Aleksander |
| Number |
P.781018 |
| Rank |
Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality |
Polish |
| Born |
Budzanów, Poland, 3 January
1920 |
| Arrived |
28 December 1942 |
| Departed |
14 April 1943 |
| Notes |
KIA over Bergues, France, with 315 Sqn RAF, 28 May 1943; buried in Grave C 2
of Pihen-les-Guines Cemetery, Calais, France |
| Name |
ROOD,
Albert van 'Peter' |
| Number |
111131 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
Dutch |
| Born |
Maastricht, Netherlands, 22
May 1916 |
| Arrived |
9 December 1941 |
| Departed |
12 April 1942 |
| Decorations |
MiD (1947) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Nov 1941;
shot down, WIA and captured, St. Omer, France, 12 Apr 1942; initially
held in Stalag Luft III, but escaped Sep 1942; recaptured and sent
to Colditz; liberated Apr 1945; retired to Australia, died 20
August 1998 |
| Name |
ROSSOW,
Vivian James 'Bill' |
| Number |
414835 |
| Rank |
Flight Sergeant, Warrant Officer |
| Nationality |
Australian |
| Born |
Nanango, QLD, Australia,
26 September 1918 |
| Arrived |
9 August 1944 |
| Departed |
19 July 1945 |
| Notes |
Discharged 17 Jan 1946;
died Brisbane QLD, 25 November 1993 |
| Name |
ROWE, Malcolm Percy |
| Number |
926918 |
| Rank |
Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, 26
January 1920 |
| Arrived |
3 November 1942 |
| Departed |
27 April 1943 |
| Notes |
Died Stockport, Chesh, 7
December 2007; little known about this pilot
after his departure from 41 Sqn |
| 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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