Joe (NMI) Payne from the 388th Bomber Group
Shot down 30 Dec 1943 in B-17 42-31149
He returned to base. (MACR 3139)
This information came from  Gary Moncur
         303rd Bomb Group (H)
         http://www.303rdBG.com

42-31149 (388th BG, 560th BG) ditched in English Channel Dec 30, 1943 after receiving battle damage during bombing 
raid on Ludwigshafen, Germany.  4 crewmembers rescued, remaining 6 never found.  MACR 3139

On Dec 10, 1944 B-17G 42-97286 of the 560th Bombardment Squadron,
388th Bombardment Group flew into the eastern face of Beinn Nuis on Arran on the 10th December 1944 while on a  flight form
Knettishall to Prestwick. The aircraft crashed close to B-24 42-41030 and C-60 42-56014.  Killed on that flight was
Corporal Joseph A. Payne, no relation to me or Joe Payne above.

February 23,1944
Claiborne County Progress

August 2, 1944
Claiborne County Progress




Son of Andrew Jackson Payne b. 1880 d. 1958 married Nancy Elizabeth Sutton
Home in 1920: Civil District 1, Claiborne, Tennessee

Name Age Andy Payne 39 Nancy Payne 39 Edward Payne 18 Luther Payne 16 Mary Payne 14 Robert Payne 12 Owlen Payne 7 Joseph Payne 4  (son) Payne 2 6/12

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August 9, 1944
Claiborne County Progress



I believe this is actually Robert Eluin Payne b. 1878 – d. 1948 married Bertha Ellen Edmondson but not sure.