Date of birth:

1913 (Barnes/London, Great Britain)

Date of death:

February 17th, 1941

Nationality:

British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Service number 37757.

John Boulter lived in Barnes, London, became a member of the Royal Aero Club in 1931 and joined the RAF in 1936 and was posted to No. 1 Squadron of that year and to No. 27 Squadron in March 1937. In September 1939 he was posted up to Scotland to provide some regular RAF input in No. 603 Squadron which was an Auxiliary unit. In March 1940 he was slightly injured when his Spitfire collided with an Airspeed Oxford whilst taxying. He remained with the unit troughout 1940, becoming a Flight Commander in September.
On 17 February 1941 he collided with a Hurricane as he was preparing to take off and was critically injured, dying the following month, aged 28.
He is buried at Dirleton Cemetery.

Promotions:
March 20th, 1933: Pilot Officer on probation in Class AA
March 20th, 1934: Pilot Officer
September 20th, 1934: Flying Officer
April 6th, 1936: Commissioned as Acting Pilot Officer
February 10th, 1937: Pilot Officer on probation
November 10th, 1938: Flying Officer
September 3th, 1940: Flight Lieutenant

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Flight Lieutenant

Unit:

No. 603 (City of Edinburgh), Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

December 6th, 1940

Citation:
"This officer has continuously been engaged on active operations since October, 1940. He is an excellent and determined leader, and his coolness and initiative have enabled him to destroy at least five enemy aircraft and share in the destruction of others."

• - ROSS, D. e.a., The Greatest Squadron of them All Volume I Formation to the End of 1940, Grub Street, London, 200.
  - SHORES, CH. & WILLIAMS, C., Aces High, Grub Street, London, 1994.
  - The London Gazette Issue 35009 published on the 6 December 1940