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| Name: |
Leonard Allan Payne |
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| Country: |
South Africa |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
48 |
| Victories: |
11 |
| Born: |
15 July 1894 |
| Place of Birth: |
South Africa |
| Died: |
18 February 1919 |
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| Place of Death: |
Cologne, Germany |
| Cemetery: |
Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany  |
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Leonard Allan Payne joined the Royal Flying Corps in Swaziland on 1 Feb 1917 and was commissioned in June 1917. He scored eleven victories flying the Bristol Fighter on the Western Front.
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| Military Cross (MC) |
T./2nd Lt. Leonard Allan Payne, Gen. List, and R.A.F.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Volunteering to proceed on a special reconnaissance under adverse weather conditions, he penetrated for a distance of nine miles behind the enemy's lines, flying at an altitude of 200 feet, despite the most intense machine-gun and rifle fire. He returned later, his machine riddled with bullets, with the required information. Previous to this he had bombed and engaged with machine-gun fire bodies of hostile infantry with the most effective results. He has destroyed one hostile plane and driven down two others out of control. He has at all times displayed the greatest fearlessness and dash.
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
29 Oct 1917 |
1620 |
48 |
Bristol Fighter 1 |
Pfalz D.III (DES) 6 |
NE of Dixmude |
| 2 |
03 Jan 1918 |
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48 |
Bristol Fighter |
LVG C (OOC) |
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| 3 |
26 Feb 1918 |
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48 |
Bristol Fighter 2 |
LVG C (DESF) |
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| 4 |
08 Mar 1918 |
0800 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (A7298) 2 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Mont d'Origny |
| 5 |
08 Mar 1918 |
0800 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (A7298) 2 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Mont d'Origny |
| 6 |
12 Mar 1918 |
1200 |
48 |
Bristol Fighter 2 |
Fokker DR.I (OOC) |
NE of St. Quentin |
| 7 |
21 Mar 1918 |
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48 |
Bristol Fighter 2 |
LVG C (OOC) |
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| 8 |
19 May 1918 |
1115 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (C793) 3 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
E of Proyart |
| 9 |
27 May 1918 |
1815 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (C877) 3 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
S of Albert |
| 10 |
30 May 1918 |
1745 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (C877) 4 |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Bray |
| 11 |
04 Nov 1918 |
1515 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (D6041) 5 |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Lessines-Gramont |
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| 1 |
Observer 2Lt V Bourdillon |
| 2 |
Observer Lt G H H Scutt |
| 3 |
Observer Lt C J R Gibson |
| 4 |
Observer Lt Arnold Ansell |
| 5 |
Observer 2Lt R L Ford |
| 6 |
Shared with 2Lt Herbert Hartley & 2Lt E C Birch |
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