Coulson, William George Allen (Squadron Leader)

1 Operational Training Unit (OTU) RNAS Eastleigh. Hudson Mk I aircraft T 9320 struck a barrage balloon cable on take-off and crashed into a house at 195 Nutbeem Road, Hampshire with the loss of all nine aboard the aircraft as well as the two occupants of the house. The balloon was deployed due to an air raid alert, and an attempt was made to signal the Hudson not to take off

Squadron Leader William George Allen Coulson (RAF)(Can), Sergeant John Barlow (RAF), Sergeant Douglas Borthwick Cowie (RAF), Pilot Officer Albert Percival Davis (RAF), Sergeant Arthur Martin Froud (RAF), Flying Officer Roy Hoole Immelman (RAF), AC2 Alexander Taylor (RAF), Pilot Officer Bernard Naylor Whittle (RAF) and Mr. John Scott Whittaker, a representative of the Sperry Autogyro Company, were all killed in this flying accident. Also killed were civilians, Mr. T Craig and Mrs. E M F Craig who were in the house

Squadron Leader Coulson had served in the RAF from 1929 to 1934, and then as a commercial pilot with Imperial Airways and later Trans Canada Airlines until he rejoined the RAF in 1939 at the outbreak of the Second World War

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