Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Biography -
- F S Payne -

Name

Frank Stubbington Payne, of Shanklin, Isle of Wight.
 
Service details

Sergeant 906880 F S Payne (Pilot), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

CWGC record ...

His name is recorded on the Shanklin War Memorial and was added later than the main set of WW II names.

Date of Death :	Died 21st July 1941 aged 22
Where buried or commemorated :	Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium
Aircraft :	Vickers Wellington Mk.Ic Z8788 KO-H of 115 Sqn
Crew
Pilot :	Sgt N L Johnston, RCAF	CWGC record ...
Observer :	sgt R S Saunders	CWGC record ...
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner :	Sgt H Tucker	CWGC record ...
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner :	H Vernon	CWGC record ...
Air Gunner :	Sgt B W O'Hara	CWGC record ...

The aircraft took off from RAF Marham at 22.39 hrs on 21st July 1941 on Ops to Mannheim. Presumably it was lost over Belgium as all the crew are buried in a Collective grave at Coxyde Military Cemetery. Sgt Payne had lived at 49 Atherley Road, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, and later in Southsea, Hampshire. He was recommended for a DFM which was not awarded.

Information provided by : John Bloodworth