Udolphus Daulton Payne
Military
Object Number - UPL 66330 - Udolphus D. Payne
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 20-Dec-43 baled out of B-17 42-38789 near Dutch-German border while under fighter attack. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM, POW, Amreican campaign, EAME, WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-677461
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot; S-3 Officer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Skunkface
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Bowdon, Georgia | 20 August 1920 | BornBowdon, Georgia |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of war (POW) |
Stalag XVIIb, Krems an der Donau, Austria | 20 December 1943 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of war (POW)Stalag XVIIb |
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Died |
Newnan, Georgia | 9 May 2012 | DiedNewnan, Georgia |
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Buried |
Oak Hill Cemetery Newnan, Georgia | 12 May 2012 | InterredOak Hill CemeteryNewnan, Georgia |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 516 20 December 1943; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 289
