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Payton, Douglas Allen (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Killed in Action 1943-November-13

Birth Date: 1920 (age 23)

Son of Walter and Edith Payton, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Service
RCAF
Unit
280 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
To See and Be Seen
Rank
Warrant Officer 2nd Class
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/105266
280 Squadron. The crew of Warwick aircraft BV 336 were engaged in an air-sea search when they crashed in the English Channel four miles south-west of Whitby. Squadron Leader E.A. Good, Flying Officer W.W. Coons, Warrant Officer W.V. Crockett, and two of the crew, not Canadians, were also killed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario
Burial
Google MapStonefall Cemetery
Sec C Row D Grave 18

Warwick BV336

Vickers Warwick

Source: Harold A Skaarup Web Page (RAF Photo)
From 1943, Warwicks were loaded with the 1, 700 lb (770 kg) Mk. IA airborne lifeboat and used for air-sea rescue. The lifeboat, designed by yachtsman Uffa Fox, laden with supplies and powered by two 4 hp (3.0 kW) motors, was aimed with a bombsight near to ditched air crew and dropped by parachute into the sea from an altitude of about 700 ft (210 m). Warwicks were credited with rescuing crews from Halifaxes, Lancasters, Wellingtons and B-17 Flying Fortresses, and during Operation Market Garden, from Hamilcar gliders, all of which ditched in the English Channel or the North Sea.

The Vickers Warwick was a multi-purpose twin-engined bomber, named after the British city of Warwick.  The Warwick was the largest British twin-engined aircraft to see use during the Second World War.  The Warwick was designed and manufactured by Vickers-Armstrong during the late 1930s.  It was intended to serve as a larger counterpart to the Vickers Wellington bomber.  The two aircraft share similar construction and design principles but unlike the smaller Wellington bomber, development of the Warwick was delayed by a lack of suitable high-powered engines.

The Warwick entered quantity production during 1942 and squadron service with the RAF.  It was superseded as a bomber and only 16 of the planned 150 Warwick bombers were completed.  The type was used by the RAF in RAF Transport Command and by RAF Coastal Command as an air-sea rescue, troop and cargo transport, long range anti-submarine patrols and general reconnaissance and operational crew training.

By January 1943, a total of 57 Warwick Mk. I aircraft had been completed; that month, it was decided that the Warwick would be the standard transport and air-sea rescue aircraft.  During mid-1943, a Warwick Mk. I was converted to become the Warwick Mk. II prototype; the principal difference was the fitting of Centaurus IV engines.  A total of 219 Warwick Mk I aircraft were constructed, the last 95 of these with 2,000 horsepower (1,500 kW) R-2800-47 engines. Harold A Skaarup Web Page

Wkikpedia Wikipedia Vickers Warwick

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

last update: 2021-09-15 12:49:24

Warwick Mk. l BV336



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