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F/Sgt Trevor Herrington Payne -
RAFVR
(with wife and son) |
Flight Sergeant Payne was
as serving Front Gunner on board Lancaster Mk.III JA898 coded
KC-X when it left Coningsby at 23.59 on an op to bomb the
Dortmund-Ems Canal near Ladbergen on September 15/16 1943.
Eight aircraft escorted by 6 Mosquito’s took off to attack
the Dortmund-Ems Canal their objective being to breach and
therefore close the canal to traffic in an attempt to deprive
the Germans of the considerable supplies that were transported
by this route. Thick fog prevented accurate bombing and the
flak was intense Lancaster III JA 898 was shot down by light
flak whilst in the target area and crashed between Recke and
Obersteinbeck, two small towns which border the Mittelland
Canal It was one of five aircraft that failed to return from
this mission. All of the crew perished in the crash.
The crew consisted of:
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Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
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F/L Harold Wilson |
RAFVR |
Pilot |
Tottenham, Middlsex |
28 |
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P/O Thomas Johnson |
RAF |
Flight Engineer |
- |
- |
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F/O James Rodger |
RAFVR |
Navigator |
Edinburgh |
32 |
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F/O George Coles |
RCAF |
Bomb Aimer |
- |
- |
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W/O John Edwin Bateup |
RCAF |
W/Op/AG |
- |
- |
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F/Sgt Trevor Payne |
RAFVR |
Air Gunner |
Gateshead,Co.Durham |
23 |
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Sgt Clifford Knox |
RAFVR |
Air Gunner |
- |
- |
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F/Sgt Eric Hornby |
RAFVR |
Air Gunner |
Northwich,Cheshire |
22 |
F/Sgt Trevor Herrington Payne RAFVR was the son of
James and Alice Herrington Payne ,eldest brother of Trevor,
Don, Pat, Dennis and Gordon . He was married to Sarah Ellen
(Sally) of Gateshead, Co. Durham and they had a son, James who
was born on 12th March 1941.
On 26th May 1943 he was promoted to
temporary F/Sgt with effect from the 1st May 1943.
With F/L Wilson as pilot, he acted as air gunner on 15th
July 1943 on an op to bomb the electric power installations at
Aquata Scrivia near Genoa, and on 24th July 1943 in
Lancaster III EE197, acted as gunner on the bombing of the
dock and harbour installations at Leghorn, (Livorno), Italy.
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Photos
courtesy of Judith Lewis, research by Linda Ibrom |
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