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Re: Aircraft crashed in south Italy in 1943
Payne's crew list and burial sites of the men who were killed according findagrave.com:
John H. Payne - Austin, Texas
Norman R. Angell - Portland, Oregon (he was heavily wounded and died on 14 Jan 1943).
Merle J. Andrews - Springfield, Illinois
Cecil G. Buttram -Crossville, Tennessee
Harold C. Vanness - Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Italy
Daniel W. Brown - ? (first name assumed: only Captain with initials D.W. listed as killed on wwiimemorial.com)
The two survivors were Robert R. Krager and Theodore D. Drazkowski.
Krager was from Nebraska and became POW in a camp in Austria, while Drazkowski was held in a POW camp in Italy. He was from Michigan.
Regards,
Leendert
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