DAMBUSTERS Payne, Trevor Herrington

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Payne ​

• FORENAME

Trevor Herrington ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Flight Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

1257191 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

16th September 1943 ​

• AGE

23 ​

• GRAVESITE

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany 24.F.7 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1920 Gateshead,Co.Durham​

son of James Harrington and Alice Payne​

husband of Sarah Ellen Payne,Gateshead,Co.Durham​

RAF 1940​

Uxbridge 13.7.1940​

9 RC 14.8.1940​

Cranwell 3.9.1940​

PRU Heston 9.10.1940​

Scampton 20.1.1941​

724 (D) Squadron 11.8.1941​

819 (D) Squadron 4.9.1941​

14 ITW 25.10.1941​

1 AAS 12.12.1941​

9 AGS 13.12.1941​

19 OTU 16.4.1942​

44 Squadron 31.8.1942​

44 CF 8.11.1942​

44 Squadron 1.1.1943​

617 Squadron 25.3.1943​

air gunner​

Lancaster JA898​

Ladbergen (Dortmund-Ems Kanal)​

hit by flak and crashed between Recke and Obersteinbeck,Germany ​

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