The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1923-1939

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Name WALLACE, Gerard Euan
Number 33179
Rank Pilot Officer, Flying officer, Flight Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born St. George Hanover Square, London, 23 October 1915
Arrived 27 July 1935
Departed ca July 1939
Notes Commissioned on graduation from Cranwell, Jul 1935; failed to return, presumed dead, as Wg Cdr and OC 209 Sqn, 20 Aug 1943; remembered on Column 267, Alamein Memorial, Egypt

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-instated 1943 & posted to ASR duties; died Stratford-on-Avon, 13 Nov 1995

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 mid-air collision with Flt Lt R. E. Lovett of 73 Sqn, 5 Sep 1940; remembered on Panel 4 of the Darlington Memorial in Durham

Name WHEELER, Allen Henry
Number 05109
Rank Flight Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born 27 September 1903
Arrived 30 September 1933 (att 8 Sqn, Aden, 18 Sep-1 Nov 1935)
Departed 7 August 1936
Decorations MiD (1941), OBE (1945)
Notes Commissioned Jan 1924; retired as Air Cdre, May 1955; employed as aviation consultant to film industry, incl 'The Blue Max' and 'Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines'; died Whistley Bridge, Berkshire, 1 Jan 1984

Name WICKHAM, Peter Reginald Whalley
Number 33403
Rank Pilot Officer
Nationality British
Born Nairobi, Kenya, 26 March 1918
Arrived 17 December 1938
Departed 16 May 1939
Decorations DFC (1942), DSO (1945), U.S. Silver Star (1946)
Notes Commissioned on graduation from Cranwell, Dec 1938; retired Mar 1961, retaining Gp Capt; died 29 April 1970

Name WILSON, Hugh Patrick
Number 27036
Rank Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
Nationality British
Born Lisburn, Northern Ireland, 29 May 1908
Arrived 1 September 1928
Departed 20 February 1931
Notes Commissioned Dec 1926; transferred to RAFO, Apr 1933; court-martialed & dismissed for scandalous conduct, Apr 1941; died Chelmsford, Essex, 8 May 1971

WILSON-MacDONALD, Duncan Stuart, see MacDONALD, Duncan Stuart


Name WOODHALL, Alfred Basil ‘Woody’
Number 05176
Rank Flight Lieutenant
Nationality British
Born Laburnun Cottage, Kirkby-in-Furness, 9 January 1897
Arrived 22 September 1935
Departed 27 November 1935
Decorations Czech Military Cross (1941), OBE (1941), U.S. Legion of Merit (1945)
Notes Commissioned in Army, Jun 1916; permanent commission in Royal Marines, May 1918; commissioned in RAF, Jan 1925; permanent commission in RAF, Aug 1930; retired Jul 1945, retaining Gp Capt; died Dunedin, New Zealand, 11 Jun 1968

Name WRIGHT, Ernest James Henry 'Jim'
Number Unknown
Rank Flying Officer
Nationality British
Born Paddington, London, 4 October 1899
Arrived 14 May 1923
Departed 9 July 1925
Decorations MBE (1944)
Notes Commissioned Nov 1922; transferred to RAFO, Nov 1927; relinquished commission on cessation of service, Nov 1935; commissioned in Training Branch, Apr 1941, & employed as cameraman with USAAF & US Army in UK, North Africa, Italy & Far East, 1942-45; died Shepperton, MIddlesex, 7 January 1983

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