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  • Creator is exactly "Reg Payne"

BPayneRPayneRv1.pdf
A detailed account of Reg Payne's 5 year service in the RAF, including a list of 18 RAF bases where he served. He was 16 when war was declared and volunteered for the RAF at 17. He was selected for training as a wireless operator, before retraining…

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BPayneRPayneRv2.pdf
An account by Reg Payne of his wartime experiences. He spent two years as a Home Guard before he reached the age where he could join the RAF. He recalls the many operations he took part in and the RAF stations where he served. He met his future wife…

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MPayneR1435510-150903-010001.jpg
Notes by Reg Payne about his wartime service, the loss of friends and colleagues and discussing the effect on parents and individuals. There is also a summary of his operations between 22 November 1943 and 01 May 1944. He records the target and the…

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PWebsterE1816.jpg
A painting, signed by Reg Payne, of two Lancasters banking over RAF Skellingthorpe. On the reverse:
'QR-O 61 Squadron (City of Lincoln) Squadron
VN-D 50 Squadron -- Same airfield Skellingthorpe Lincoln
61 Squadron, Middle left to Top left over to…

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BPayneRBallFv1.jpg
Reg writes of the funeral of Sergeant Frederick Charles Ball (1921 - 1944, 1161312 Royal Air Force) in Leicester, attended by four of the crew, including (Sir) Michael Beetham. He tells of the effect it has on his personal life and decisions.

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