Clarence Edwin Payne
MilitaryShot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3310 'Blood, Guts and Rust'. Plane ditched into Mediterranean Sea. Returned to base.
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3328 'Miss Fortune', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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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: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-794590
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Douche Bag, The Dull Tool
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Blood, Guts & Rust II
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Blood, Guts and Rust
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Fortune
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Rusty Lode, Buckshot Blues, Buckshot Annie
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron 570th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 October 1943
- Date: 4 October 1943
- Date: 2 October 1943
- Date: 27 September 1943
- Date: 26 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Cumberland, Maryland | 19 April 1917 | |
Enlisted |
Baltimore, Maryland, USA | 16 June 1942 | |
Other Shot Down/Captured |
Vorsundern, Germany | 10 October 1943 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Gneixendorf, Austria | 11 October 1943 | Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 (dates are approximate) |
Died |
Baltimore, Maryland | 4 August 1982 | |
Buried |
Elkridge, Maryland | 8 August 1982 | Meadowridge Memorial Park Elkridge, Howard County, Maryland, USA Plot: 7D |
Other Shot Down/Ditched/Rescued |
Mediterranean Sea, 13 miles off Annaba (Bone), Algeria | 17 August 1943 | |
Born |
Brooklyn, Maryland | 3721 2nd Street |
Revisions
Added an association to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
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Added POW camp information to the POW event and a S/N per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 396 / MACR 396; MACR 861 / MACR 861 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database