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Amendments, 2 October 2022

• Pilot Biographies 1923-1939 updated with the amendment of R Talbot-Smith to RT Smith (Nominal Roll updated), the addition of JA McDonald (previously in Ground Staff; Nominal Roll updated); and new information added or corrections made to Appleton, Brunton, Chater, Freehill, Gadd, Gillies, Gough, Hale-Monro, Huskinson, Kean, McKinnon, Montgomery, Murlis-Green, Nelson, Rowland, Serjeant, Soden, Sowrey & VC Taylor
• Ground Staff 1923-1939 updated with the removal of JA McDonald (transferred to Pilot Biographies 1923-1939), and new information added to Allen, Holbrook and Jones
• Pilot Biographies 1939-1946 updated with new information added to Gillies
• Data Sought updated with a reduction in information sought for Gilles

Amendments, 27 November 2021

• Pilot Biographies 1916-1919 updated with the addition of Barlow, the removal of J Taylor, and new information added to Alexander, Allenby, Arbery, Bartlett, Bean, Beatson, Booth, Bruce, Bush, Chapman, Crossley, Cushny, DH Jones and Lethbridge.
• Pilot Biographies 1923-1939 updated with new information added to Barton, Bishop, Bond, Borthwick-Clarke, Bowling, Bradbury, Brunton, Bryant, Buck, Carbury, Carter, Chater, Connolly, Cory, Coulson, Dale, Damant, CC Edwards, HW Edwards, Finlay, Gadd, Glover, Graham, Harris, Healy, Hearn, Hilton, Jackson, Lawrence, Leach, DS MacDonald, Marsden, Mason, McClure, McDonald, McEvoy, McKinnon, Midwinter, Montgomery, Moore, Mouatt, Mutch, Nelson, Ottway, Overall, Payne, Perry-Keene, Richards, Roberts, G Robinson, Ryder, Sampson, Sims, Sisson, Sizer, FGL Smith, KS Smith, Stemp, Stevens, Stewart, Taaffe, Talbot-Smith, VC Taylor, Thomas, Trower, Upshall, Wilson, Wright & Young, & the removal of Pyper & Usher.
• Ground Staff 1923-1939 added as a new page on the website with a table of roles, and the following 16 new personnel: AJ Adams, Allen, Bourne, Daniel, Donovan, Grace, Henton, Holbrook, Jones, Kemsley, Marshall, JA McDonald, Palmer, Prior, Pyper & Woodrow.
• Pilot Biographies 1939-1946 updated with the addition of two new pilots, Edwards & Shaver, and with new information added to Aldridge, Ambrose, AS Appleton, WH Appleton, Babbage, Bache, AC Baker, Bamberger, Bangerter, Barton, Baxter, Beardsley, Bodtker, Bourbonnais, Brett, WW Brown, Buchanan, Burne, Chalder, RH Chapman, Chappell, Coates, Collis, Cory, Davidson, Downing, Dunlop, DG Evans, Farfan, Fearon, Featherstone, PD Fisher, Ford, Frost, Galloway, Gourdeau, Harris, Heale, Hogg, Hone, Hope, Irvine, Jallands, Johnston, Jolly, Kelsick, Langley, Lawrence, Lecky, Llewellyn, PD Lloyd, Loweth, Makins, IGS Matthew, Mattock, McCarthy, McKellar, Menzies, Morley, Neil, Norwell, O'Neill, Overall, Oxenham, Payne, Prickett, Rake, Roberts, CS Robertson, Rowe, Ryder, Savage, Sabourin, Scoon, PF Scott, Sissons, Slack, Smallbone, Smart, JB Smith, RDA Smith, Spurr, Stonier, Stowe, Swanwick, Talbot, Thiele, Thorne, Usmar, Vann, Vine, Wall, Warren, Watton, Wawn, Wells, West-Jones, Whale, Wheatley, RCG White, GS Wilson & Young.
• Ground Staff 1939-1945 updated with a table of roles, corrections to Armin and Darrant, and additional information added to Anderson, Armin, Collis, Gush, Herman, Hibbert, Norman, Sheriff, Stevens, & Whipp.
• Data Sought updated with the removal of Bangerter, Brett, Hogg, Hope, Lecky, Makins, Mattock, McCarthy, Menzies, Morley, O'Neill, Overall, Savage, & Thorne, & a reduction in information sought for Kelsick, PD Lloyd, Scoon, Talbot & RCG White.

Amendments, 3 July 2020

• Pilot Biographies 1916-1919 updated with new information added to Barker & Swann.
• Pilot Biographies 1923-1939 updated with new information added to Addams, HT Andrews, WA Andrews, Appleton, Attaway, Bennions, Bishop, Bouchier, Bowling, Bradley, Broadhurst, Brown, Buck, Carr-Lewty, Chapell, Comerford, Connolly, Coombes, Dawes, Devany, Dunlop, Duro, Edwards HW, Ekins, Field, Gamblen, Gibbs, Gough, Hards, Hibbert, Husbands, Inglis, Kean, Lawrence, Luxmoore, Mahony, Marett, H Marsden, Martyn, Mason, Matheson, McAuley, McClure, Meares, Messiter, Midwinter, Mitchell, Mouatt, Mullaly, Mutch, Ottway, Payne, Perry-Keene, Piddocke, Pomeroy, Rawson, Riley, RAR Robinson, Sampson, Sanderson, Sawyer, Serjeant, Sisson, Sizer, Slowey, KS Smith, Spackman, Steere, Stewart, St. George-Taylor, Taaffe, VC Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, Tredwell, Trower, Upshall, Usher, Vaughan-Fowler & Wallace.
• Pilot biographies 1939-1946 updated with new information added to Carr-Lewty, Duckworth, Gamblen and Piddocke.
• Data Sought updated with the removal of Duckworth and Piddocke.

Amendments, 7 July 2018

• Pilot Biographies 1916-1919 updated with new information added to Soden and the removal of Spackman (only served on 41 Sqn between the wars, not during WWI as well).
• Pilot Biographies 1923-1939 updated with new information added to Addams, HT Andrews, Appleton, Bishop, Chater, Coombes, Crawford, Ekins, Forrow, Gibbs, Glover, Inglis, Johnston, Jones, Kennedy, Larner, Lawrence, Leach, Lott, Luxmoore, DS MacDonald, Marsh, Martin, Martyn, Oakshott, Ottway, & Soden.
• Pilot biographies 1939-1946 updated with new information added to Ash, Brett, Campbell, Evans DG, Kneen, Morley, Rowe, Rowe, Wall, Welsh, Westwell, & White RCG.
• Data Sought updated with the removal of Rowe and Welsh, and a reduction of the information sought for Ash, Brett, Campbell, Evans DG, Kneen, Morley, Rowe, Wall, Westwell, & White RCG.

Amendments, 15 October 2017

• Pilot Biographies 1923-1939 updated with new information added to WA Andrews, Betty, Bint, Boucher, Brodie, Brown, Bryant, Buck, Comerford, Connolly, Cook, Dawes, Duro, CC Edwards, HW Edwards, Eeles, Field, D Finlay, Gadd, Glover, Gough, Grey, Healy, Husbands, Huskinson, Hutton, Hyde, Johnson, Lovell-Gregg, and McIntyre.

Amendments, 1 July 2017

• Pilot Biographies 1916-1919 updated with new information added to Payne HGDM.
• Pilot Biographies 1923-1939 updated with the addition of Usher, the removal of Kemsley and JA McDonald, and new information added to Andrews WA, Appleton, Bellairs, Betty, Bishop, Bradbury, Bradley, Brown, Brunton, Buck, Chapell, Chater, Comerford, Coombes, Cowan, Damant, Danes, Devany, Dustin, Edwards, Eeles, Ekins, Field, Finlay, Forrow, Gadd, Gamblen, Glover, Grey, Grindell, Hale-Monro, Hards, Havercroft, Jackson, Kemsley, Lucas, McKinnon, Midwinter, Mitchell, Nelson, Payne C, Penny, Sawyer, and Tredwell.
• Pilot biographies 1939-1946 updated with new information added to Ambrose, Malone and Wilkinson.
• Data Sought updated with the removal of Ambrose.
• Key Ground Staff updated with information corrected for Stevens.

Amendments, 1 July 2016

• Pilot Biographies 1916-1919 updated with new information added to Cody.
• Pilot Biographies 1923-1939 updated with new information added to Adams, Addams, Aitken, Allen, Andrews HT, Attaway, Baker, Bartholomew, Bellairs, Bint, Bond, Boret, Boucher, Bouchier, Bowling, Bradbury, Brading, Brown, Brunton, Bryant, Carbury, Carr-Lewty, Carter, Chapell, Chater, Comerford, Connolly, Cook, Coombes, Dale, Danes, Dawes, Dawnay, Dunlop, Dunstin, Edwards CC, Edwards WH, Ekins, Field, Forrow, Freehill, Gadd, Gibbs, Gough, Graham, Grey, Hale-Monro, Healy, Hearn, Husbands, Hutton, Hyde, Inglis, Johnson, Kemsley, Kennedy, Larner, Lawrence, Leach, Lott, Lucas, Luxmoore, MacDonald DS, Mahony, Marsden BJ, Marsden H, Marsh, Martin, Mason, Matheson, McAuley, McClure, McDonald JA, McIntyre, McKinnon, Meares, Messiter, Mitchell, Montgomery, Mouatt, Mullaly, Murlis-Green, Nelson, Oakshott, Ottway, Penny, Perry, Perry-Keene, Pomeroy, Pyper, Rawson, Riley, Robinson RAR, Roulston, Sanderson, Sawyer, Serjeant, Sims, Sizer, Slater, Smith KS, Sowrey, Staniland, Stemp, Stevens, Stewart, St. George-Taylor, Strong, Taaffe, Talbot-Smith, Taylor VC, Thomas, Tredwell, Trower, Upshall, Wallace, Wheeler, Wilson, and Wright.
• Pilot biographies 1939-1946 updated with new information added to Carbury, Carr-Lewty, and West-Jones.
• Data Sought updated with the removal of West-Jones.
• A Brief History of 41 Sqn updated with new detail added to the years 1946-2016.

Amendments, 18 October 2015

• Major overhaul of the entire sight with all photographic images and personal accounts removed, and a large number of pages updated, corrected and fine-tuned, including Brief History, Officers Commanding, Base Locations, and Roll of Honour.
• Website expanded to include an additional 187 pilots from the period 1916-1919, 203 pilots from the period 1923-1939, 29 pilots from the period 1945-1946, as well as 17 key Ground Staff of World War II.
• Pilot biographies (1939-1946) updated with the addition of Ambrose, Ash, Bangerter, Baxter, Brett, Campbell, Cunningham, Evans DG, Frost, Galloway, Gordon, Kelsick, Kerans, Kneen, Lee, Marshall, Mattock, McCarthy, Morley, Savage, Simpson, Singleton, Talbot, Theilmann, Thomas T., Ward, West-Jones, Westwell, White RCG, & Yates.
• Pilot biographies (1939-1946) updated with additional information added, or corrections made, to Adams DA, Adams SB, Aldous, Beardsley, Cambridge, Charnock, Cory, Cowell, Draper, Dunstan, Evans, Featherstone, Fernie, Gamblen, Gaze, Geesink, Glen, Glew, Gourdeau, Green, Harding, Healy, Hegarty, Hindle, Howitt, Jarred, Johnston, Kelly, Kingsford, Kleimeyer, Knight, Legard, Lloyd PD, London, Mackenzie, Makins, McFarlane, Meagher, Menzies, Miller, Mitchell, Moffett, Monk, Morrogh-Ryan, Mottershead, Moyle, Munson, Nicholson, O'Neill, Overall, Oxspring, Palmer, Pannell, Pearson, Piddocke, Ranger, Refshauge, Robinson, Rossow, Ryder, Sayers, Shea, Shipman, Sissons, Smallbone, Smart, Solak, Stephens, Stevenson, Still, van der Stok, Swanwick, Tebbit, Tuele, Vann, Vykoukal, Wainwright, Wallens, Watton, Watts, Wells, Welsh, West, Whale, Williams, Wilson GS, & Winskill.
• Hibbert removed from pilots of 1939-1946, but added to Key Ground Staff.
• New pages added with Prisoners of War and Aircraft in Service, 1916-1946.
• Officers Commanding expanded to include all OCs 41 Sqn from 1916-1946.
• Data Sought updated with the addition of Ambrose, Ash, Bangerter, Baxter, Brett, Campbell, Cunnungham, Duckworth, Evans DG, Fearon, Frost, Galloway, Gordon, Gilles, Hutchins, Ingham, Keable, Kelsick, Kerans, Kneen, Knight, Langley, Lee, Lecky, Le Roux, Lloyd PD, Marshall, Mattock, McCarthy, Monk, Morley, O'Neill, Overall, & Piddocke, Pinny, Savage, Simpson, Singleton, Talbot, Thomas T, Smith JB, Ward, West-Jones, Westwell, White RCG, & Yates, additional information sought on Hindle, Jarred, Loweth, & Watson, a reduction in information sought on Thorne, Vann, & Wilson GS, and the removal of Hibbert, Swanwick & Wainwright.