The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1923-1939
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| Name |
TAAFFE,
Rudolph Trevor ‘Taffy’ |
| Number |
17211 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Ardee, Eire, 21 June 1901 |
| Arrived |
7 July 1931 |
| Departed |
25 February 1934 |
| Decorations |
OBE (1940), MiD (1944) |
| Notes |
Commissioned May
1923; permanent
commission, Jun 1928; retired as Gp Capt, Sep 1951; died Ardee, Eire,
15 Feb 1985 |
| Name |
TAYLOR,
G. [Forename?] |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
Unknown |
| Born |
Unknown |
| Arrived |
January 1937 |
| Departed |
April 1937 |
| Notes |
To 1 AACU, Biggin Hill, Apr 37;
nothing further known about this pilot; information sought |
| Name |
TAYLOR,
Vincent Corbett |
| Number |
19195 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Connah's Quay, Flintshire, 20
September 1900 |
| Arrived |
28 September 1925 |
| Departed |
19 December 1927 |
| Notes |
Commissioned Mar 1925; transferred to
RAFO, Mar 1930; emigrated to Canada 1930 & served in RCAF 1940-42; died Ganges, BC, Canada,
4 Jan 1969 |
| Name |
THEILMANN, John Graham |
| Number |
37701 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying
Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Sculcoates, Yorkshire, 2
April 1912 |
| Arrived |
11 October 1936 |
| Departed |
30 October 1939 |
| Notes |
Commissioned, Mar 1936; Adjutant,
41 Sqn, Mar 1937-Dec 1938; transferred to RAFO, Jan 1942; emigrated to
Canada, Jun 1953; relinquished commission Apr 1957, retaining Sqn Ldr; died
2 Feb 1985 |
| Name |
THOMAS,
Ernest Mortimer |
| Number |
05152 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Shanghai, China, 25 August 1906 |
| Arrived |
2 April 1929 |
| Departed |
30 September 1929 |
| Notes |
Resigned Permanent
Commission, Oct 1929, possibly a result of an affair (co-respondent in
her Divorce); died Exeter, Devon, 4 Dec 1974 |
| Name |
THOMPSON, William |
| Number |
239402 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Newcastle, Northumberland, 2
December 1899 |
| Arrived |
1924 |
| Departed |
1925 |
| Decorations |
MiD (1943), MiD (1946) |
| Notes |
Served in RNAS 1917-18,
then transferred to RAF; commissioned
(43994) in Tech Branch, Jun 1940; retired Oct 1945, retaining Wg Cdr;
died Bury St Edmunds, Jan 1976 |
| Name |
TREDWELL, William Albert
Edwin |
| Number |
204593 |
| Rank |
Warrant Officer 2nd Class |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Northampton, 3 December 1894 |
| Arrived |
16 December 1932 |
| Departed |
30 August 1933 |
| Decorations |
MiD (1943) |
| Notes |
Commissioned (50944), Feb 1943; transferred to Secretarial Branch, Dec
1948; retired Mar 1952, retaining Sqn
Ldr, died Salisbury, Wiltshire, Oct 1976 |
| Name |
TROWER, Stephen Herbert
Gerard |
| Number |
15226 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
South Kensington, London, 16
September 1900 |
| Arrived |
15 January 1925 |
| Departed |
31 March 1926 |
| Notes |
RN, 1917-22; commissioned in
RAF, Apr
1922; transferred to RAFO, Apr 1926; relinquished commision, Apr 1930;
re-commissioned
in RAFO, Mar 1934; killed in a flying accident, Evere Aerodrome, Brussels, 17 Jul 1935, aged 35;
husband of Mary Trower, nee Gilman, & son of Arthur & Hilda Trower of St.
Leonards-on-Sea |
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