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
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People
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 16 September 1943
- Date: 15 September 1943
- Date: 9 September 1943
- Date: 7 September 1943
- Official Description:
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Kicking Horse" of the 303rd Bomb Group takes off with a feathered engine. Handwritten caption on reverse: ''Kicking Horse' of 303BG. Received 7/7/1944.' On reverse: Daily Graphic [Stamp, ref. no. M4226L].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-407628.jpg.webp?itok=SpfDIv0I)
- Date: 6 September 1943
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cumberland, Maryland | 19 April 1917 | |
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Enlisted |
Baltimore, Maryland, USA | 16 June 1942 | |
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Other Shot Down/Captured |
Vorsundern, Germany | 10 October 1943 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Gneixendorf, Austria | 11 October 1943 | Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 (dates are approximate) |
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Died |
Baltimore, Maryland | 4 August 1982 | |
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Buried |
Elkridge, Maryland | 8 August 1982 | Meadowridge Memorial Park Elkridge, Howard County, Maryland, USA Plot: 7D |
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Other Shot Down/Ditched/Rescued |
Mediterranean Sea, 13 miles off Annaba (Bone), Algeria | 17 August 1943 | |
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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