John H. Payne
John H. Payne crew ferried HALPRO B-24 Black Mariah II overseas. He was KIA on January 11, 1943.
The other members of his crew that day were:
Norman R. Angell - Portland, Oregon (he was heavily wounded and died on 14 Jan 1943).
Merle J. Andrews - Springfield, Illinois - KIA
Cecil G. Buttram - Crossville, Tennessee - KIA
Harold C. Vanness - KIA, buried Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Italy
Daniel W. Brown - KIA
Julius P. Lewis, navigator - KIA
Robert R. Krager - Nebraska - POW in a camp in Austria
Theodore D. Drazkowski - Michigan - POW camp in Italy.
The website 376bg.org is NOT our site nor is it our endowment fund.
At the 2017 reunion, the board approved the donation of our archives to the Briscoe Center for American History, located on the University of Texas - Austin campus.
Also, the board approved a $5,000 donation to add to Ed Clendenin's $20,000 donation in the memory of his father. Together, these funds begin an endowment for the preservation of the 376 archives.
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Reunion
NOTE change in month !!!
DATES: Sep 18-21, 2025
CITY:Rapid City, SD
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