Built by Bolton Paul at their Wolverhampton factory, Defiant Mk.I N3328 was first taken on charge by No. 10 M.U. on 13th November, 1940 and allocated to No. 151 Squadron at RAF Wittering as a night fighter on 12th December, 1940, where it remained until August 1941.
The aircraft was lost on 24th October, 1942 when it stalled and crashed in a hailstorm during a routine ferry flight from RAF Manby, in Lincolnshire, to Number 10 Air Gunners School at Barrow-in-Furness. Flight Sgt. J L Goulter of the RAAF, the sole occupant, was sadly killed.
