Howard Wilson Payne and Billy McDonald Payne prepare to ride a tandem bike outside their quarters 'Hotel New Yorker"
Caption reads -
"Sometimes a pub mission was tougher than a combat mission"
The gymnasium on Site 4 is seen in the distance.
Source: Howard Dye (Vet)
Officers from Crew #039-R0 pose by the bomb shelter near their hut (The New Yorker) on Site 05.
Airmen Barracks AMN 268 (nearest), 269 and 270 (farthest) are seen in the background
From L-R:
Robert "Bob" Preston Walbridge - Bombardier
Alexander Alphonse Wawrzyniak - Navigator
Billy "Bill" McDonald Payne - Co Pilot
Howard Wilson Dye - Pilot
Source: Howard Dye (Vet)
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