John Leslie GOULTER

GOULTER, John Leslie

Service Number: 404905
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 404905
6 Dec 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 404905, Enlisted at Brisbane

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Biography 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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