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 Robert |
| 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 Cheddar, Somerset, 22 January 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. 'Ken' [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 Harrowsmith, Frontenac, Ont, 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 |
Little known about this
pilot after leaving 19 Sqn in Sep 1941; died Liverpool, April 1972 |
| 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 Louth, Lincs, 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; died Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 1 July 1990 |
| 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,
New Zealand, 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 Winchester, Hants, 4 November 2005 |
| Name |
WELSH,
Terence Deane |
| Number |
42033 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Staines, Middlesex,
28 January 1916 |
| Arrived |
ca 5 November 1943 (first
mentioned in ORB on this date) |
| Departed |
ca 20 December 1943 (last
mentioned in ORB on this date) |
| Decorations |
DFC (1941) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Apr 1939; discharged May 1954;
died Ashford, Middlesex, 18 September 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, Gloucs, 17 February 1993 |
| Name |
WEST-JONES, Graham Sinclair |
| Number |
181235 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Neath, South Wales, 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; died Southampton,
Hants, 6 February 2006 |
|
| Name |
WESTWELL, Jack |
| Number |
1432641 |
| 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 Colchester, Essex, 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, 10 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, Robert Clarence George
'Chalky' |
| Number |
1313024 |
| Rank |
Warrant Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Weymouth, Dorset, 24 July 1921 |
| Arrived |
14 January 1946 |
| Departed |
31 March 1946 |
| Notes |
On 610 Sqn, Jan 1944-Mar
1945; died Vancouver, BC, Canada, 27 May 1974; 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; died Spearfish, South Dakota, 2 February
2017 |
| 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 Shine |
| 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 |
Little known about this
pilot after his departure from 41 Sqn; died Exeter, Devon, 3 August 1985 |
| 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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