Reg Payne's crew

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Reg Payne's crew

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Seven airmen in a line wearing flying gear and Mae Wests. One man has no life jacket. A caption supplied with the photograph reads 'his [Reg Payne's] crew when the pilot was Sir Michael Beetham - this was the crew in the plane that crashed near East Kirkby'.
'From the left
Fred Ball - Rear Gunner - was killed in the accident
Les Bartlett - Bomb Aimer
Michael Beetham - Pilot
Frank Swinyard - Navigator
Reg Payne - WOP/Air Gunner
Donald Moor - Flight Engineer - was killed in the accident
Jock Higgins - Mid Upper Gunner'.

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One b/w photocopied sheet

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“Reg Payne's crew,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 11, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/10650.

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