Payne, Anthony Bremner
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Anthony Bremner |
Surname | Payne |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | DFC |
Date of Death | 31-05-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Sydney and Mabel Constance Payne, of Leicester. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | W5361 |
Markings | PH-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 85. Row C. Coll. grave 17. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 83 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 84921 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-05-1942 |
End Date | 31-05-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Binbrook |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Koln |
Reason for Loss | Took off at 2242. Hit by flak and crashed at Badhoevedorp, Holland near Schipol airfield |