Coulter, Frederick Thomas
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Frederick Thomas |
Surname | Coulter |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 22-03-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Edwin Coulter and Elizabeth Alice Coulter. Husband of Olga Mercy Coulter, of Bearstead, Kent. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB731 |
Markings | OF-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 227. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 149 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1234081 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/768/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/768/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-03-1944 |
End Date | 23-03-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Bourn |
Day/Night Raid | Night (3% moon) |
Operation | Frankfurt. 816 aircraft, 33 losses (4.0%). An indirect route, in addition to a diversionary raid on Kiel kept fighters away for some time and in fact the German controller believed that Frankfurt was the target. Marking and bombing were accurate and Frankfurt was again badly damaged right across the city. 948 deaths and 346 seriously injured. Some 120000 people were bombed out of their homes. |
Reason for Loss | Presumed crashed into the sea |