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S/Sgt William B. Mayne graduated in 1938 from Mayfield High School and worked on the O&SW (Omaha & Southwestern) Railroad as a brakeman.

He volunteered for Air Corps of the Army of the United States on 19 December 1941 at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and completed radio training at Scott Field, Illinois and gunnery instruction at Tyndall Field, Florida.

He was first sent to the South Pacific with the 11th Bomber Group in July 1942.

He re-enlisted 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. The plane had been hit by flak and finally German fighters. Pilot was killed and crew had to bail out quickly. Five men were killed and five were taken as POWs.

Farrington's plane, Shack Rabbits (42-38177) was shot down on a Berlin raid on 6 March 1944. The plane had been hit by flak and finally German fighters. Apparently the pilot was killed and the crew had to bail out quickly. As co-pilot, Clarence was to be the last to jump. Before he could get out the plane blew up. Five of the crew died and five others were taken prisoner.