ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 173255
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 April 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Tempest Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | SN131 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Banks of the River Rhine, on Netherlands/German border -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.60 Grimbergen (B) |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) in combat operations on 24 April 1945, Flt Lt Jim Payton, now a flight commander, was hit whilst flying Tempest V SN131 "US-P" of 56 Squadron, RAF, and crash-landed in flames in German territory, burning the back of his neck and his wrists. Captured, but he was released on 2 May and walked to US lines, being dispatched to hospital in Brussels for some time.
Payton was officially credited as an "Ace" with seven "kills" in air-to-air combat - all Fw 190s - plus the destruction of one V-1 flying bomb. He was later awarded the DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross) and died in February 1989 aged 72.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1985 p.12)
2. http://www.hawkertempest.se/index.php/piloter/summary/89-payton
3. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38090/supplement/4702/data.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2015 21:39 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 24-Jan-2015 21:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2015 21:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2015 18:01 | King T. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 28-Nov-2019 20:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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