David A A Fulton.
 

I'm researching David Alexander Allan Fulton, b. 27 Feb 1918, who served in the RAF as a Pilot Officer during WW2. He flew with Bomber Command as was involved in two accidents, one in Canada and one, quite serious, in the UK . I believe that the second resulted in some considerable time in hospital. He is believed to have left the RAF after 1945 and died in 1986.

His grand-daughter, who never knew him, would appreciate any information or where that might be found.

Thanks,

Sandy.

She can apply for his Service Records, or ask immediate nok to do so.

Also, and for what it's worth- did he attend Strathallan School? The name DAA Fulton appears in a number of post-war school magazines attending reunions with his wife, while the December 1943 edition says:

"Another casualty reported to us is David A. A. Fulton, of Burnside, who broke both his legs in an air crash. Apparently one of his engines suddenly stopped when he was a thousand feet up. We are glad to hear he is making satisfactory progress"

No date or location is given for this accident, and it could, of course, be the case that there were two David AA Fultons who suffered injuries in an air crash (the implication is that this one was flying the aircraft 'one of his engines')

Thanks for that.

I am with David's granddaughter, Kirstin, now and you have the correct one.

That's much appreciated and any other information would be of help.

Kind regards,

Sandy.

David Fulton was listed in the London Gazette of 6 July 1943 as 981577 Pilot Officer as of 13th May 1943.

Was that with his middle initials? The LG usually puts them in, which is what made me shy away from being certain that it was him; however, since I've now looked at a couple of online editions of the Air Force List and can find a D Fulton but not a DAA Fulton, this either means that recollection that he was a P/O was wrong and he was an NCO (which seems an unlikely mis-remembering by relatives given all the other detail known) or that the middle initials weren't used in the listing. I can think of a couple of other instances I've run into where, on joining up, the individual concerned chose not to give their initials, in the same sort of way that Harry S Truman declared that his middle initial stood for 'S'...

The listing is for Sergeant being promoted to Pilot Officer and there are no initials. I'm presuming that it's him but a search of the records should confirm. I'm leaving that to his grand-daughter - I am not a relative. I searched the Strathallan magazines and found his obituary as well as what you had found.

It would be interesting to find out where he crashed. His son-in-law thinks he was flying a Wellington but is a bit hazy about that. I suspect that it was not a Lancaster because one engine lost should not have brought it down.

Thanks for your help.