Donald B Bayne
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 44955
1LT Donald B. Bayne
Photo Recon Pilot
7th PRG - 13th PRS
KIA - 16 Sept 1944
Photo Recon Pilot
7th PRG - 13th PRS
KIA - 16 Sept 1944
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Massachussets | 3 November 1923 | |
Enlisted |
Boston, MA | 7 April 1942 | |
Other Assigned to the 7th PRG |
Mount Farm Airfield, UK | 24 August 1944 | |
Died |
near Mainz, Germany | 16 September 1944 | While making the run over the target, Bayne's a/c was observed passing under the formation just as they flew into a cloud. He was not seen again |
Buried |
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial | No Known Grave Tablets of the Missing Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery 159, rue du Mémorial Américain 4852 Hombourg Belgium | |
Brookline, MA |
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Sources
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2442&h=9260744…
https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/bayne%3Ddonald
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=394737
"Eyes of The Eighth" - Patricia Fussell Keen, pages 175, 373
ContributorAAM
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Sources
7th Photo Recon Group Master Directory, 6 June 1996 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia