BOWELL, Peter John
| Service Number: | 422394 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 May 1942, Woolloomooloo, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | 51 Base Headquarters |
| 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
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 422394 | |
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| 22 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 422394, 51 Base Headquarters, Woolloomooloo, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography 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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