William Burtle "Bill" Mayne was born on May 26, 1920 in Mayfield, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Mayfield High School. Class of 1938. He joined the Air Corps in 1941 and was stationed in the South Pacific. He reenlisted in the Air Corp and was stationed in England with the 388th Bomber Group (H) 561st Bomb Squadron as a Radio Operator.

His plane, Shack Rabbits, was on the first daylight mission to bomb Berlin when shot down in the Netherlands on March 6th, 1944. Shack Rabbits was shot down during a Berlin raid. The plane had been hit by flak and finally German fighters. Apparently the pilot was killed and the crew had to bail out quickly. Before Co-Pilot Clarence was to jump the plane blew-up. Five men were killed and five were taken prisoners of the Germans.

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