Date:	Monday 6 November 1944
Time:	19:47
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:	463 Sqn RAAF
Registration:	PD311
MSN:	JO-O
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	east of Coesfeld (grid square JP 3), Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:	Gravenhorst

Narrative:
Claim by Hptm Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer Stab NJG4 - South West of Munster ( KP - JP): 2,800m at 19:21. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 5 - Theo Boiten)
It was later established that the aircraft was shot down on the outward journey by a night
fighter and crashed at approx 20:00 on 6 November 1944 at Havixbeck, 10 miles North West of
Munster, Germany. The aircraft exploded on impact still carrying a full load of bombs.
Crew
Pilot: A/422394 Fg Off Peter John Bowell RAAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 18 Row C Collective Grave 3-6.
Flight Engineer: 1593433 Sgt William Forster - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 18 Row C Collective Grave 3-6.
Navigator: A/418873 WO Ernest Arthur Petersen RAAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 18 Row C Collective Grave 3-6.
Bomb Aimer: A/427348 WO William Plumb RAAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 18 Row C Collective Grave 3-6.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: A/421398 WO John Robert Williams RAAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 18 Row C Collective Grave 3-6.
Mid Upper Gunner: A/432749 Flt Sgt Walter Harvey James Butcher RAAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 18 Row C Grave 2.
Rear Gunner: A/433096 Flt Sgt Ian David Dutfield RAAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 18 Row C Grave 1.

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PD311&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-Aug-2013 16:41	JINX	Added
06-Jun-2015 16:42	Angel dick one	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ]
07-Sep-2021 13:13	TigerTimon	Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
01-Sep-2024 13:45	Anon.	Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]