Peter CALLOW

CALLOW, Peter

Service Numbers: 423445, N303085
Enlisted: 7 January 1942
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 18 December 1923
Home Town: Turramurra, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Battle, Pfahlbronn, Germany, 12 September 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery: Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany
Collective grave 11. B. 9-10, Durnbach War Cemetery, Bavaria, Germany
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 423445
7 Jan 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N303085
30 Jun 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 423445

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Lancaster LL789 of Number 467 Squadron crashed at Pfahlbronn in Germany (target Stuttgart) killing RAAF crewmen Flight Sergeant Peter Callow 423445 / Flight Sergeant Gilbert Thomas Kirby 434682 / Flight Sergeant Richard Gilbert Symonds 437322

Two other RAAF crewmen survived and became Prisoners of War - Flight Lieutenant Victor Colin Manchester 437530 and Flying Officer Arthur Lang Bright 420856