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  • Collection: Payne, Thomas Peter

APayneTP160204.mp3
Thomas was born in Hemel Hempstead in 1925, one of four children and lived in a row of terraced houses with very basic sanitation. The end property was a public house with no gas or electricity, only paraffin lamps and candles. His first recollection…

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Tom's memoir of his early RAF days. He joined aged 15, after altering his birth certificate, and trained in Canada as a pilot. He talks about his cousin, Vivian Gunning who died in a Blenheim in June 1940.

BPayneTPPayneTPv1.pdf
An autobiography of Tom Payne, mainly pre-war in Hemel Hempstead. At the start of the war he became a fire watcher. He joined the RAF, aged 15, after altering his birth certificate. His cousin, Vivian Gunning, died in June 1940 whilst flying in a…

BPayneTPGunningFVv1.pdf
A biography of Vivian, born in Beaminster in 1920. He trained at RAF Aldergrove and served at RAF Bassingbourne, RAF Wattisham, RAF West Raynham, RAF Watton then RAF Wyton. Losses were high. He was shot down near Le Bourget, and died along with his…

LPayneTP1398674v1.pdf
T P Payne’s pilot’s flying log book covering the period from 9 November 1942 to 19 April 1953. Detailing his flying training as a pilot. He was stationed at RAF Brough (4 EFTS), RCAF Neepawa (35 EFTS), RCAF Swift Current (39 SFTS), RAF Perth (11…
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