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Joseph Houston PAYNE Jr
“Bubbles”
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Source : S. Payne (Ellen Marchese) | |||||||
| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-790285 (20542907) | ||||||
| AGE | 23 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH |
1 February 1921 Koblenz, Stadtkreis Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, GERMANY | ||||||
| ENLISTMENT STATE | KENTUCKY | ||||||
| FAMILY |
Single | ||||||
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| FONCTION | Navigator | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Actor |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 19 January 1942 Fort Thomas Newport KENTUCKY | ||||||
| SQUADRON | 350th Bomber Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 100th Bomber Group, Heavy | ||||||
| ARMY | 8th US Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 28 April 1944 |
Source : Frogman | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | La Croix-Jacob - 3 km of Sottevast | ||||||
| FLIGHT PLAN |
B-17 Fortress - type G-35-DL - s/n 42-107024
Macr : 4234 Take-off station 139 Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk UK - MACR position: 49°33N/01°30E or 5 km NE of Croix-Jacob All bodies were initially buried in the British cemetery of Cherbourg Shot down by the flak 10h19 - Partially evacuated plane | ||||||
| CEMETERY TEMPORARY | TEMPORARY CEMETERY in the Cemetery of the Commenwealth of Cherbourg then | ||||||
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Blosville N°3508
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| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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| STORY | |||||||
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Lexiington Herald Leader Oct 24 1943 Source : 100thbg.com |
Source : Hudson Louie | ||||||
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Lexington Herald Leader June 4 1944 Source : Hudson Louie |
Navigators Harry Crosby and Joseph Bubbles Payne. Two Legends of the 100th Source : 100thbg.com | ||||||
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Source : S. Payne | |||||||
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The Courier Journal Nov 05 1944 Source : 100thbg.com |
Source : Mark McCann | ||||||
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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type G-35-DL - s/n 42-107024
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| Col | Robert H | KELLY | Pilot | Dead | Arlington Nat Cem. (USA) | O-17318 - DFC/PH - 38 ans New Jersey - Residence Washington DC |
| Capt | William G | LAKIN | CoPilot | Dead | Sunset Gardens Cem. Marshall, Missouri | O-740839 - 24 ans (Salines Co, Missouri) - Boise, Idaho |
| Capt | Joseph H Jr PAYNE "Bubbles" | Navigator | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer (14) | O-790285 - DFC/AM+3/PH - Lexington, Kentucky | |
| 1Lt | Maurice Harrison | CAIN | Bomber | Prisoner | O-681869 - Baltimore, Maryland USA - Stalag Luft III Sagan | |
| T/Sgt | Leo R | CANNON | Radio | Prisoner | 34354823 - Tiger, Georgia USA - Camp inconnu | |
| T/Sgt | James Carroll | BROWN | Mecanic/Gunner | Dead | College Park Cem. Ulton Co, Georgia | 14041012 - 33 ans - Né le 24/04/1911 - Fils de George W et Una (Carroll) Brown - Mountain View, Georgia |
| S/Sgt | Albert M | FREITAS | Gunner | Prisoner | 6584388 - Oakland, California USA - Stalag Luft III Sagan | |
| S/Sgt | John N | SPIKER | Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer (14) | 35376680 - AM/PH - Weirton, Virginia |
| S/Sgt | Joseph Amie | RICHARD | Gunner | Prisoner | 31174593 - Haverhill, Massachusetts - Parachuté près de L'Etang-Bertrand (50) - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow | |
| 1Lt | Herbert A | ALF | Gunner | Prisoner | O-746267 - Sacramento, California - Stalag Luft III Sagan | |
| T/Sgt | Delbert E | BARNHART | Gunner | Dead | Germantown Cem. Montgomery Co, Ohio | 35471387 - Né en 1920 - Germantown, Ohio |
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Mark McCann - Abmc.gov - Findagrave.com - Francecrashes39-45.net - 100thbg.com |
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| PROGRAMMEURS | Victor, Jean-Philippe, Eric, Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |