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Formed: July 1916 at Gosport
Mobilized: October 1916
Insignia:  
Aces: 17  
Victories: 134 Destroyed (DES)
112 Out of Control (OOC)
Losses:   Killed in Action (KIA)
  Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA)
  Wounded in Action (WIA)
  Prisoners of War (POW)
 
41 Squadron was formed at Gosport in July 1916 and was posted to France in 15 October 1916.
 
Aces Aircraft COs Aerodromes
1 Canada William Claxton 37
2 Canada Frederick McCall 32
3 Canada William Shields 24
4 Australia Eric Stephens 13
5 Canada Frank Soden 11
6 England Russell Winnicott 10
7 England Geoffrey Bowman 9
8 England Roy Chappell 9
9 South Africa Alfred Hemming 8
10 Canada Frank Taylor 8
11 Canada Ernest Davis 7
12 Canada Malcolm MacLeod 7
13 Canada Stanley Puffer 7
14 Canada Harry Watson 6
15 England Loudon MacLean 5
16 England Meredith Thomas 5
17 Canada William Gillespie 5
1 Vickers/D.H. Scouts
Jul 1916
2 F.E.8
Oct 1916
3 D.H.5
Jul 1917
4 S.E.5
Dec 1917
1 Major Joseph H.A. Landon Jul 1916 - 07 Aug 1917
2 Major Frederick J. Powell 07 Aug 1917 - 02 Feb 1918
3 Major Geoffrey Bowman 02 Feb 1918 - Oct 1919
1 St. Omer 15 Oct 1916
2 Abeele 21 Oct 1916
3 Hondschoote 24 May 1917
4 Abeele 15 Jun 1917
5 Léalvilliers 03 Jul 1917
6 Fienvillers Mar 1918
7 Savy  
8 Serny  
9 Estrée-Blanche  
10 Conteville  
11 Droglandt  
12 Halluin  
13 Tangmere Feb 1919
 
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