Payne, Norman Frank
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Norman Frank |
Surname | Payne |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 19-05-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frank Norman and Helen Edith Payne, of Shirley, Southampton. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | W7523 |
Markings | LS-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Southampton (Holbrook) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. B. 6. Grave 157. |
Epitaph | THE DEAREST AND ONLY SON OF HELEN EDITH AND THE LATE FRANK NORMAN PAYNE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 224 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 747828 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 15 (XV) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/34 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/33 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 19-05-1942 |
End Date | 19-05-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Air Test |
Reason for Loss | Crashed soon after take-off due to engine failure coming down into trees at Graveley, Cambs |