• Billy Mcdonald Payne
  • Crew #039-R0 Dye | Pilot: Dye
  • Hotel New Yorker
    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)
  • Crew #039-R0 | Pilot: Dye
    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)