Peter John BOWELL

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BOWELL, Peter John

Service Number:	422394
Enlisted:	22 May 1942, Woolloomooloo, NSW
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 463 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 1 June 1921
Home Town:	Lindfield, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Student
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 6 November 1944, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany Coll. grave 18. C. 3-6.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Killara Golf Club WW2 Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

22 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 422394, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park, Woolloomooloo, NSW
4 Sep 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 422394, No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School, Temora, Empire Air Training Scheme
19 Nov 1942:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 422394, 2 Embarkation Depot
24 Jan 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 422394, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme, Service Flying Training
14 May 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units
11 Apr 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 422394, Operational Training Units (RAF), Empire Air Training Scheme, 27 OTU
20 Jun 1944:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, Operational Training Units (RAF)
25 Sep 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 422394, No. 463 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
25 Sep 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 422394, No. 463 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
6 Nov 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 422394, No. 463 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, AIrcraft lost to a night fighter near Munster , Germany. Entire crew lost.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Bowell, of Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia.

On the outward journey to the target which was the Ems-Weser Canal, the Lancaster aircraft was shot down by a German night fighter and crashed in the grounds of Walingen farm at Havixbeck which is ten miles north-west of Munster. The aircraft was still carrying its full bomb load and exploded on impact. All members of the crew lost their lives and from these facts it would seem certain that they were killed instantaneously. All members of the crew were buried at Hohenholte which is eight miles north-west of Munster in comrades grave No. 2.

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