Payette Edward E.

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Edward E. Payette is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

B17 42-30821 'The Sweetest One' Plaque

Name:

Edward E. Payette

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

11031367

Unit:

407th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group

Date of Death:

1943-11-13

State:

Rhode Island

Cemetery:

Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Edward E. Payette was born on January 7, 1922, in Providence, Rhode Island. He served in the 407th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Sergeant and Left Waist Gunner on the B17 #42-30821 'The Sweetest One' during World War II. He was Killed in Action on November 13, 1943, when his plane crashed near the village of Burton Dassett in England during a mission to Bremen. All ten airmen on board were killed. Sgt Payette is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom. He also has a cenotaph located in Saint Ann Cemetery, Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA.