Flt Sgt Jammy Payne 501 Squadron 1940

[paulmcmillan]

Bruce

You are right, he must have been one of the 16th Pilots who flew out of Tangmere to Betheniville on May 10th 1940

I have a list of the following NCO pilots who were in the Sqn from Jan to June 1940. This may not be 100% complete



Jan 1940
Sgt Douglas Barker Crabtree #740434 Injured 11th May 1940 later #125730 Bombay L5813
Sgt Hugh Charles Adams #741254 Injured 11th May 1940 --> Hugh Charles Adams #85645 6th Sept. 1940.
Sgt James Harry Lacey #740042 DFM & Bar 'Ginger' -> later #60321
Sgt Donald Alistair Stewart McKay #740115 Service Number later 113322
Sgt William Harry Whitfield #740692 <-- Killed 11th May 1940 landing France "271 Sqn" -> 501 Sqn
Sgt Robert Chippindall Dafforn #740804 -> Later Commissioned #81674
Sgt Paul Casewell Powe Farnes #741447 Wing Commander (SGT) P C Farnes 501 DFM later 88437

Apr 1940
Sgt David Ian Kirton #550500 His first squadron posting was to 501 at Tangmere on 27th April but this proved a short stay as he went to 65 Squadron, equipped with Spitfires, at Hornchurch on 5th May KIA Aug. 8, 1940

May 1940 "11 Airmen Pilots at 31 May"
Sgt Percy Frederick Morfill #564749 DFM later #47655
F/Sgt Alfred Alexander Payne #90601 MiD
Sgt John Ernest Proctor #563641 Service Number : 44131 --> later DFC
Sgt John Eric Loverseed #907964 AFC
Sgt Arthur Owen Lewis #566649 Claim 27th May 1940 "Killed June 8th 1940" Hurricane P3347 SD-N Sgt Lewis

July 1940
Sgt Frederick John Powell Dixon #742124 Killed 11th July 1940