Richard S Payne
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned 367BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. B-17F 42-30767 crashed shortly after take off in poor visibility. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: PH.
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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: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-742984
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Camp Shelby, MS | 21 July 1942 | Camp Shelby, Mississippi |
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Died |
Sharnbrook, UK | 5 January 1944 | B-17F 42-30767 crashed shortly after take off in poor visibility. Killed in Action (KIA). |
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Buried |
6 January 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
| Warren County, MS | |||
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Based |
Thurleigh | 5 January 1944 | Assigned 367BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Born |
Vicksburg, MS | Son of Joe C and Janie Payne. |
Revisions
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Sources
Combat Chronology Supplement p. 206, 8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia