The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF,
1923-1939
Surnames S
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| Name |
SAMPSON, George Edward |
| Number |
28070 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying
Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
15 December 1904 |
| Arrived |
6 June 1929 |
| Departed |
22 April 1931 |
| Decorations |
OBE (1941) |
| Notes |
Commissioned May
1929; retired due to medical unfitness, Aug 1954, retaining
Gp Capt; died St Albans, Herts, 30 May 1972 |
| Name |
SANDERSON, Alfred Clifford 'Cliff' |
| Number |
08089 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Wandsworth, London,
19 February 1898 |
| Arrived |
9 November 1929 |
| Departed |
7 October 1930 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1919), MiD
(1940), CBE (1942), CB (1948), KBE (1953) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Aug
1916; retired as Air Marshal, Feb 1955; died Hove, Sussex, 28
January 1976 |
| Name |
SAWYER, Wilfred |
| Number |
26145 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Coimbatere, India,
25 January 1909 |
| Arrived |
14 December 1929 |
| Departed |
6 August 1930 |
| Notes |
Commissioned on
graduation from Cranwell, Dec 1929; killed in a flying accident
during low-altitude flying, Barrowby, Lincolnshire, 6 August
1930 |
| Name |
SAYERS, James Edward 'Jimmy' |
| Number |
560204 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot,
Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Woolwich, London,
10 April 1910 |
| Arrived |
22 September 1935 |
| Departed |
3 October 1940 |
| Decorations |
MiD (1942) |
| Notes |
Remustered to FAE
on medical grounds, Oct 1940; retired as WO, Jan 1953; died
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, 13 March 1998 |
| Name |
SCOTT, William John Moir 'Jack' &
'Scotty' |
| Number |
70611 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying
Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Dundee, Scotland, 14 June 1915 |
| Arrived |
13 July 1939 |
| Departed |
8 September 1940 |
| Notes |
KIA off Dover, 8
September 1940, aged 25; son of William M. & Katherine E.
Scott, of South Kensington, London; buried in Section 19, Grave
25C, Dundee Western Cemetery, Angus, Scotland |
| Name |
SERJEANT, George Verdun |
| Number |
565774 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Liskeard, Cornwall,
July 1916 |
| Arrived |
October 1938 |
| Departed |
16 March 1939 |
| Notes |
Killed in a flying
accident eight miles northeast of Catterick, Yorkshire, 16 March
1939; buried in Teignmouth, Devon |
| Name |
SHIPMAN, Edward Andrew 'Shippy' |
| Number |
512770 / 43364 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot,
Flight Sergeant / Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Stathern, Melton
Mowbray, Leicestershire, 9 December 1909 |
| Arrived |
10 October 1936 |
| Departed |
1 September 1940 |
| Decorations |
AFC (1945) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Apr
1940; retired Dec 1959, retaining Wg Cdr; died Bottesford, Leicestershire,
27 August 1998 |
| Name |
SIMS, Jack Blanchard |
| Number |
29249 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying
Officer |
| Nationality |
South African |
| Born |
Boksburg, SA, 13
October 1909 |
| Arrived |
8 March 1932 |
| Departed |
27 February 1933 |
| Decorations |
MiD (1941) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Mar
1931; Wg Cdr, Nov 1943; retired Oct 54, retaining Gp Capt; died
Harare, Zimbabwe, 1 July 1992 |
| Name |
SISSON, John Clayton |
| Number |
32112 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Beckenham, Kent,
25 September 1911 |
| Arrived |
18 September 1932 |
| Departed |
2 January 1933 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1940), MiD
(1945), CBE (1949) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Oct
1931; transferred to RAFO, Oct 1941; retired as Gp Capt, Dec
1958; died Gosport, 26 August 1963 |
| Name |
SIZER, John de Courcy |
| Number |
328544 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Walthamstow, Essex, 3 March 1903 |
| Arrived |
10 May 1924 |
| Departed |
10 September 1925 |
| Notes |
Commissioned (64424),
Feb 1941; relinquished commission, Feb 1946; died London, 9
September 1968 |
| Name |
SLATER, Edward Albert |
| Number |
21036 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Dyserth, Denbigh,
Wales, 3 March 1900 |
| Arrived |
15 September 1923 |
| Departed |
2 November 1924 |
| Decorations |
OBE (1941) |
| Notes |
Served in RAF during
WWI; commissioned Apr 1921; transferred to Stores Branch, Jan
1925; retired as Wg Cdr due to ill health, Mar 1944; died Ryde,
Isle of Wight, 22 August 1946 |
| Name |
SLOWEY, Henry Edward |
| Number |
29149 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
New Zealander |
| Born |
Timaru, New Zealand,
28 February 1912 |
| Arrived |
8 September 1931 |
| Departed |
23 August 1932 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Sep
1930; seriously injured in motor vehicle accident, Ickenham,
Middlesex, 23 August 1932; died of injuries same morning; son
of Edward A. & Annie M. Slowey (nee Carmody) of Nelson,
New Zealand; buried in St. Martin’s Churchyard, Catholic Section,
Ruislip, Middlesex |
| Name |
SMITH, Frank George Laughton |
| Number |
29181 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Louth, Lincolnshire,
3 August 1909 |
| Arrived |
26 September 1931 |
| Departed |
28 March 1934 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1940) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in
Army, Apr 1928; seconded to RAF & commissioned, Oct 1930;
relinquished commission in Army on permanent commission in RAF,
Jun 1936; shot down & captured, Sogne Fjord, Norway, 26
Oct 1940; ret as Wg Cdr, Aug 1956; died Oxford, 9 November 1974 |
| Name |
SMITH, Kenneth Samuel |
| Number |
365793 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Fakenham, Norfolk,
9 February 1909 |
| Arrived |
27 March 1932 (att
8 Sqn, 18 Sep-1 Nov 1935) |
| Departed |
3 January 1937 |
| Notes |
Graduated CFS as
QFI, Mar 1937; commissioned in GDB (82499), 25 Apr 1940; KIA
with 21 Sqn, 6 December 1942; buried Woensel General Cemetery,
Eindhoven, Netherlands |
| Name |
SMITH, Ronald Talbot 'Talbot' |
| Number |
33043 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Chipstead, Surrey,
21 November 1911 |
| Arrived |
17 December 1932 |
| Departed |
5 January 1934 |
| Notes |
Commissioned on
graduation from Cranwell, Dec 1932; killed in a flying accident
in sea off Singapore with 36 (TB) Sqn, 13 June 1935; son of
Major & Mrs. A Talbot-Smith of Flint Cottage, Chipstead,
Surrey |
| Name |
SMYTHIES, Bernard Edward |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Squadron Leader |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Dehra Dun, Northwest
Frontier, India, 9 December 1886 |
| Arrived |
4 April 1923 |
| Departed |
30 September 1923 |
| Decorations |
MiD (1918), DFC
(1919) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in
Royal Engineers, 1905; seconded to RFC, Jan 1915; permanent
commission, Aug 1919; OC 41 Sqn, 4 Apr-30 Sep 1923; seriously
injued in a flying accident at North Weald, but died of injuries
the same day, 17 June 1930; funeral with full military honours,
North Weald, 21 June 1930 |
| Name |
SODEN, Frank Ormond |
| Number |
03067 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
Born in Canada to
British parents |
| Born |
Petitcodiac, New
Brunswick, Canada, 3 November 1895 |
| Term 1 |
13 July 1918-20
February 1919 |
| Term 2 |
1 April 1924-18
August 1925 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1919), Bar
to DFC (1922) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in
Army, Nov 1914; seconded to RFC, Nov 1916; retired as Gp Capt,
May 1945; emigrated to Kenya; died in London, 12 February 1961 |
| Name |
SOWREY, Frederick |
| Number |
01249 |
| Rank |
Squadron Leader |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Twigworth, Gloucestershire,
25 August 1893 |
| Arrived |
29 January 1926 |
| Departed |
31 August 1928 |
| Decorations |
DSO (1916), MC (1917),
AFC (1918) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in
Army 1914; seconded to RFC, Jan 1916; OC 41 Sqn, 8 February
1926-31 August 1928; retired as Gp Capt, May 1940; died Eastbourne,
Sussex, 21 October 1968 |
| Name |
SPACKMAN, Charles Basil Slater 'Basil' |
| Number |
08123 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Happisburg, Norfolk,
4 July 1895 |
| Term 1 |
ca July 1917-30
August 1917 |
| Term 2 |
23 July 1923-31
August 1927 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1918), Greek
Military Medal, 3rd Class (1921), MiD (1921); Bar to DFC (1922),
CBE (1945), CB (1950) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in
Army, Apr 1915; seconded to RFC, Oct 1916; retired as Air Vice-Marshal,
Apr 1950; died Cork, Ireland, 7 December 1971 |
| Name |
STANILAND, Christopher Stainbank |
| Number |
18229 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Barnet, Middlesex,
7 October 1905 |
| Arrived |
16 February 1925 |
| Departed |
31 December 1928 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Mar
1924; Test Pilot, Fairey Aviation Co, Calshot, Sep 1928-42;
killed in a flying accident, Wokingham, Berkshire, 26 June 1942;
son of Geoffrey & Millicent Staniland; buried in St. Margaret
Churchyard, Keddington, Lincolnshire |
| Name |
STEERE, Jack |
| Number |
561914 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Wallasey, Cheshire,
16 January 1911 |
| Arrived |
22 September 1935 |
| Departed |
4 July 1936 |
| Decorations |
AFC (1946) |
| Notes |
Halton Apprentice
(Rigger), Sep 1927-Aug 1930; pilot training 1934-35; flying
insructor, CFS, 1941-45; commissioned (47746), Jan 1942; retired
as Sqn Ldr, Jul 1961; died Ipswich, Suffolk, February 1997 |
| Name |
STEMP, Geoffrey Charles |
| Number |
22079 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Camberwell, London,
9 June 1897 |
| Arrived |
20 April 1931 |
| Departed |
15 October 1931 |
| Decorations |
CBE (1947) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in
Army WWI; seconded to RFC, Sep 1917; relinquished commission
in RAF on ceasing to be employed, May 1919; RARO, 1919-25; commissioned
in RAF, Oct 1925; permanent commission, May 1930; retired Jun
1948, rtng Gp Capt; died Worthing, Sussex, 5 May 1979 |
| Name |
STEVENS, Charles Herbert Algernon |
| Number |
16063 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Arrah, Bengal, India,
14 December 1901 |
| Arrived |
22 September 1935 |
| Departed |
11 June 1936 |
| Decorations |
MiD (1944), OBE
(1945) |
| Notes |
Commissioned on
graduation from Cranwell, Aug 1922; retired Jan 1948, retaining
Gp Capt; died Torbay, Devon, 12 November 1986 |
| Name |
STEWART, Hugh William Patrick |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Johannesberg, South
Africa, to British parents, 1906 |
| Arrived |
16 February 1925 |
| Departed |
22 December 1925 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Mar
1924; transferred to RAFO, Dec 1925; relinquished commission,
Dec 1929; joined RCAF, 1929-32; killed in flying accident in
Avro 504N, G-ACOD, in mid-air collision with Wessex, G-ADFZ,
Blackpool, 7 September 1935 |
| Name |
ST. GEORGE-TAYLOR, Harold |
| Number |
18112 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Paraguay, 8 July
1899 |
| Arrived |
11 June 1924 |
| Departed |
9 October 1924 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Nov
1923; killed in a flying accident, Netheravon, 9 October 1924 |
| Name |
STRONG, Philip Dennis James |
| Number |
37699 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying
Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Medway, Kent, 1
January 1912 |
| Term 1 |
10 January 1937-November
1938 |
| Term 2 |
25-26 November 1939 |
| Notes |
Commissioned, Jan
1936; retired as Flt Lt, Apr 1959; died Isle of Wight, January
1972 |
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