GOULTER, John Leslie
| Service Number: | 404905 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 December 1940, Enlisted at Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia, 11 May 1920 |
| Home Town: | Stanthorpe, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Lower Clough Farm, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, 24 October 1942, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Barrow-in-Furness Cemetery, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England Section 5, Non conformist, Grave 2017 Headstone inscription reads: Though departed John' life leaves folk richer from his stay Roll of Honour -Stanthorpe , Barrow-in-Furness Cemetery, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 404905 | |
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| 6 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 404905, Enlisted at Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
The aircraft was Defiant MK1 N3328 which crashed in Yorkshire. The Defiant had been awaiting collection from another airbase and FLTSGT Goulter had been flown there to bring the plane back to home base.
Eye witnesses stated that the plane was upside down with the engine still running. Half the propellor had broken off and other wreckage was scattered across a large area.
Investigators suggested a variety of causes and that the crash was attributed to mostly pilot error and failure to follow instructions and/or the instruments were defective. The weather conditions at the time were shocking with low cloud and a very heavy hailstorm in progress.
At the time of the crash John had flown a total of 650 hours including 181 in the Defiant aircraft
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