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Hildreth L. Payne
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Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
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Date of Death
July 7, 1952
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First Lieutenant Payne was the pilot of a F-51D Mustang night fighter with the 40th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 35th Fighter-Interceptor Group. On July 7, 1952, while on a combat mission, his aircraft suffered a mid-air collision with a U.S. Navy F4U-4 Corsair fighter. |
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