Coulter, Robert Leslie
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Robert Leslie |
Surname | Coulter |
Gender | M |
Age | 34 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-03-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Hugh Alexander Coulter and Edna Mabel Coulter, of Russell, Manitoba, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster II |
Serial Number | LL694 |
Markings | KO-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Gorssel General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row A. Grave 14. |
Epitaph | PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU, MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU" ST. JOHN XIV.27 |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 149 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/157337 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Coulter Bay, Manitoba; Bay SE of Joint Lake |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Bay |
Memorial Text |
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/891/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/891/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 24-03-1944 |
End Date | 25-03-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Witchford |
Day/Night Raid | Night (1% moon) |
Operation | Berlin. 811 aircraft, 72 losses (8.9%). Known as the 'night of the strong winds', a very powerful wind from the north tended to push the aircraft south at every stage of the operation. As a result, the bomber stream became very scattered, allowing fighters to pick off stragglers, although 50 of the aircraft Lost were hit by flak. Around 20000 were bombed out but no industrial premises were hit. This was the last major raid on Berlin of the war. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Epse, Holland |