The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1939-1946

Surnames Commencing with W

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Name WAGNER, Herbert Appleton 'Wag'
Number 130242
Rank Flight Lieutenant
Nationality American in RAFVR
Born Garrison, Maryland, USA, 10 November 1920
Arrived 2 May 1943
Departed 2 June 1944
Notes Shot down over Guernsey & captured, 2 Jun 1944; repatriated May 1945; resigned commission, Oct 1945; died Owings Mills, Maryland, 26 November 2005

Name WAINWRIGHT, Derek William
Number 88721
Rank Flight Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born Jaffa, Palestine, 28 October 1921
Arrived 14 April 1942
Departed 10 June 1942
Notes Commissioned Nov 1940; WIA but DOW same day, 10 June 1942, aged 20; son of Mr. & Mrs. William Frederick Wainwright, & husband of Joy D. Wainwright of Bayswater, London; buried in St. Andrew Churchyard, Tangmere, Sussex, Plot E, Row 3, Grave 496

Name WALKER, James Richard
Number 41500
Rank Flying Officer
Nationality Canadian in RAF
Born Oak Bay, BC, Canada, date unknown 1920
Arrived 29 September 1940
Departed 19 October 1940
Notes Commissioned Oct 1938; KIFA when aircraft ran out of fuel at sea between HMS 'Argus' & Malta, 16 November 1940, aged 20; son of F. R. & Emily Walker of Oak Bay, BC, Canada; remembered on Panel 6 of the Runnymede Memorial (see also Robert J. Boret, who died in the same incident)

Name WALL, Peter R.
Number 1387647
Rank Flight Sergeant
Nationality British
Born Croydon, Surrey, 11 May 1921
Arrived 5 May 1943
Departed ca 4 December 1943 (last mentioned in ORB on this date)
Decorations OBE (1981)
Notes Employed in Home Office after War, retired 1981, died 2003

Name WALLENS, Ronald Walter 'Wally'
Number 70708
Rank Pilot Officer, Flying officer
Nationality British
Born Amblecote, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, 1 February 1916
Term 1 26 March-8 August 1938
Term 2 7 October 1938-5 September 1940
Decorations DFC (1944)
Notes Commissioned, Aug 1937; shot down & seriously WIA, 5 Sep 1940, & hospitalised until Apr 1941; flying status re-issued 1943 & posted to ASR duties; died Stratford-on-Avon, 13 November 1995

Name WARD, G. E. [Forenames?]
Number Unknown
Rank Flight Sergeant
Nationality British
Born Unknown
Arrived 7 January 1946
Departed 31 March 1946
Notes Demobilised, 13 Apr 1946; little further known about this pilot; details sought

Name WARE, James Philip 'Jimmy'
Number 420311
Rank Flight Sergeant, Warrant Officer
Nationality Australian
Born Epping NSW, Australia, 4 February 1921
Arrived 8 June 1944
Departed 1 November 1944
Notes Reduced in rank to ACH and flying badge withdrawn, Jul 1945; discharged, Jan 1946; died Sydney NSW, 16 May 2002

Name WARREN, Kenneth George
Number 1203923
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality British
Born Hampton in Arden, Birmingham, 18 January 1920
Arrived 1 April 1942
Departed 2 September 1942
Notes Commissioned Jan 1944; emigrated to Canada, 1954; died 28 December 2009

Name WATSON, Frank
Number 1050926
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality British
Born Birthplace unknown, 8 June 1920
Arrived 14 July 1941
Departed 21 August 1941
Notes Nothing known about this pilot after leaving 19 Sqn in Sep 1941

Name WATTON, Albert John
Number 964827/121076
Rank Sergeant Pilot, Flight Sergeant/Pilot Officer
Nationality British
Born Birmingham, 10 April 1917
Arrived 28 August 1941 (att 309th Fighter Sqn, USAAC, 21 Jun-30 Aug 1942)
Departed 15 September 1942
Decorations DFC (1945), Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air (1958)
Notes Commissioned Apr 1942; remained in RAF after the War; retired as Flt Lt, Apr 1972; died 24 August 2004

Name WATTS, Edward George Hullet
Number 1051882
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality British
Born London, 11 February 1919
Arrived 3 December 1941
Departed 12 April 1942
Notes KIA, 12 April 1942, aged 22; son of Edward A. & Beatrice Watts, & husband of Margaret Watts of Stockwell, London; buried in Dunkirk Town Cemetery Nord, France, Plot 2, Row 3, Grave 5

Name WAWN, Clive Newton 'Bardie'
Number 400163
Rank Acting Flight Lieutenant
Nationality Australian
Born Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 5 November 1910
Arrived 15 February 1942
Departed 16 February 1942
Decorations DFC (1942)
Notes Commissioned Dec 1941; transferred to RAAF Reserve, non-active duty, Jul 1944

Name WEBSTER, John Terence 'Terry'
Number 37436
Rank Pilot Officer, Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born Liverpool, 20 March 1916
Arrived 11 April 1938
Departed 5 September 1940
Decorations DFC (1940)
Notes Commissioned Aug 1935; KIFA during combat in MAC with Flt. Lt. R. E. Lovett of 73 Sqn, 5 September 1940; remembered on Panel 4 of the Darlington Memorial in Durham

Name WEEDS, Brian Morrell
Number 413525
Rank Warrant Officer
Nationality New Zealander
Born Invercargill, New Zealand, 15 April 1922
Arrived 18 August 1944
Departed 9 October 1944
Notes Not commissioned; discharged Apr 1945; died Invercargill, NZ, 13 February 1998

Name WELLS, Edward Preston 'Hawkeye' & 'Bill'
Number NZ39950
Rank Pilot Officer
Nationality New Zealander
Born Cambridge, New Zealand, 26 July 1916
Arrived 2 October 1940
Departed 9 March 1941
Decorations DFC (1941), Bar to DFC (1941), DSO (1942)
Notes Commissioned May 1940; released from RNZAF in UK & commissioned in RAF, Feb 1947; retired as Gp Capt, Jun 1960; died England, 4 November 2005

Name WELSH, Terence Deane
Number 42033
Rank Flight Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born Staines, Middlesex, 28 January 1916
Arrived 25 October 1943
Departed 29 January 1944
Decorations DFC (1941)
Notes Commissioned Apr 1939; discharged May 1954; died 1980

Name WEST, Hamish
Number 34058
Rank Supernumerary Squadron Leader
Nationality British
Born Lossiemouth, Scotland, 15 February 1914
Arrived 23 June 1940
Departed 26 July 1940
Notes Commissioned Mar 1933; retired Jul 1953, retaining Wg Cdr; died Westmancote, nr Tewkesbury, Gloucs, 17 February 1993

Name WEST-JONES, Graham Sinclair
Number 181235
Rank Flying Officer
Nationality British
Born Location?, 21 May 1924
Arrived 23 October 1945
Departed 31 March 1946
Notes Commissioned Jun 1944; re-joined RAF as Fg Off, Jul 1947; retired May 1962

Name WESTWELL, J. [Forename?]
Number Unknown
Rank Warrant Officer
Nationality Unknown
Born Unknown
Arrived 7 January 1946
Departed 31 March 1946
Notes Nothing further known about this pilot; details sought

Name WHALE, Frederick Victor 'Vickie'
Number 1376359
Rank Warrant Officer
Nationality British
Born London, 14 April 1920
Arrived 7 March 1945
Departed 12 February 1946
Notes Commissioned Apr 1949; retired as Flt Lt, Feb 1961; died 19 August 2000

Name WHEATLEY, Peter Etherington
Number 1537032
Rank Warrant Officer
Nationality British
Born Hull, Yorkshire, 13 February 1922
Arrived 10 April 1945
Departed 7 January 1946
Notes Died Hull, December 1989

Name WHITE, Frederick Cheslyn
Number 403614
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality Australian
Born Ashfield, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 19 March 1916
Arrived 2 September 1942
Departed 15 October 1942
Notes Commissioned Nov 1944; released from RAAF as Fg Off, Aug 1946; died Mona Vale NSW, 28 April 1991

Name WHITE, R. C. G. 'Chalky' [Forenames?]
Number Unknown
Rank Warrant Officer
Nationality British
Born Unknown
Arrived 14 January 1946
Departed 31 March 1946
Notes On 610 Sqn, Jan 1944-Mar 1945; further information sought on this pilot

Name WHITEFORD, Cyril John Leyland
Number 777650
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality Rhodesian
Born Worcester Cape, South Africa, 12 March 1919
Arrived 27 August 1941
Departed 13 October 1941
Notes KIA 13 October 1941, aged 22; son of Major V. J. & Mrs. Whiteford of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia; buried in Aylesham Cemetery, Kent, Block O, Row A, Grave 1

Name WILKINSON, John Francis 'Johnny'
Number 150189
Rank Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born Northampton, 1 February 1923
Arrived 21 July 1944
Departed 30 December 1945
Notes Commissioned Feb 1943, post-war flying instructor

Name WILLIAMS, Marx Gardner 'Mark'
Number 64271
Rank Pilot Officer
Nationality British
Born Marseilles, France, 13 January 1920
Arrived 21 June 1941
Departed 18 August 1941
Notes Commissioned Feb 1941; shot down over St. Omer & captured, 18 Aug 1941; relinquished commission as Flt Lt, May 1946

Name WILLMOTT, Thomas William
Number 997799
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality British
Born Sheffield, Yorkshire, 28 July 1917
Arrived 11 February 1941
Departed 11 May 1941
Decorations DFM (1942), Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air (1960)
Notes Commissioned Mar 1942; retired as Sqn Ldr, Aug 1960

Name WILSON, George Sheldon
Number 1007094
Rank Flight Sergeant, Warrant Officer
Nationality Trinidadian
Born St. James, Trinidad, 13 May 1922
Arrived 11 March 1943
Departed ca. 20 May 1943 (last mentioned on this date)
Notes Nothing known about this pilot after his departure from 41 Sqn; died Newark, Ohio, Nov 96

Name WILSON, William Renton 'Jock'
Number 1104573
Rank Flight Sergeant
Nationality British
Born Edinburgh, Scotland, 10 March 1921
Arrived 31 October 1941
Departed ca 21 July 1942 (last mentioned on this date)
Notes KIA with 1435 Squadron on Malta, 16 October 1942; remembered on Panel 3, Column 2, of the Malta Memorial

Name WINSKILL, Archibald Little 'Archie'
Number 84702
Rank Pilot Officer, Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born Penrith, Cumberland, 24 January 1917
Arrived 6 January 1941
Departed 14 August 1941
Decorations DFC (1942), Bar to DFC (1943), AE (1944), CBE (1960), CVO (1973), KCVO (1979)
Notes Commissioned Aug 1940; shot down near Calais, 14 Aug 1941; evaded capture & returned to the UK, Dec 1941; retired Dec 1968, retaining Air Cdre; Captain of Queen's Flight, 1968-72; died Reading, 9 August 2005

Name WOOD, Robert Leslie
Number 119101
Rank Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
Nationality British
Born Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk, 25 May 1922
Arrived 14 July 1942
Departed 21 October 1942
Notes Commissioned Jan 1942; hit by AA/KIA with 609 Sqn nr Le Havre, 11 May 1944, aged 21; son of Herbert L. & Ivy E. Wood of Great Dunmow, Essex; remembered on Panel 204 of the Runnymede Memorial

Name WOOLLARD, Frederick Gilbert 'Freddie'
Number 1312058
Rank Flight Sergeant
Nationality British
Born Newtown, Berkley, Gloucestershire, 20 December 1920
Arrived 18 December 1943
Departed 18 July 1944
Notes Injured in crash-landing at Lympne & hospitalised, 18 Jul 1944; required plastic surgery for nose; no subsequent details known of this pilot

Name WOOLLEY, Frank Geoffrey
Number 105174
Rank Flight Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born Derby, 1 June 1922
Arrived 29 January 1945
Departed 28 February 1945
Decorations DFC (1941), Bar to DFC (1945), King’s Commendation for Valuable Services in the Air (1949), AFC (1956)
Notes Commissioned Mar 1941; Wg Cdr, 1 Jan 1956; KIFA in B2 Canberra during a flying course, Manby, 28 November 1959

Name WRIGHT, William Andrew
Number 1122597
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality British
Born Bradford, Yorkshire, 2 February 1921
Arrived 27 March 1942
Departed 10 June 1942
Notes Shot down, WIA & crash-landed on Isle of Wight, hospitalised, 10 Jun 1942; commissioned Jan 1943; retired Feb 1964

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