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Convair C-131D-CO Samaritan To USAF Dec 15, 1954. Converted to VC-131D. To MASDC as CS087 to AMARC Oct 19, 1987. Parts go to www.cv440parts.com/
A selection of photos from the recent arrivals days for the last RAF Leuchars air display. The final landing of a VC-10 at Leuchars prior to retiral of the type from RAF service.
A seriously nice VC Val, which has been living at the same address as the Chevy Impala hardtop...
Mind you, the Val was even nicer when I first saw it a week back - since then, some idiot's driven into the back of it.
Bet it was a tinny piece of Jap-crap that hit it - and probably wrote itself off on all that good solid Chrysler steel! Meanwhile, a new bootlid, bumper and tail-light are now required (and some beating), and this gorgeous ol' Val will be as good as new again...
Payne's VC was awarded due to his actions during the Vietnam War. Aged 80, he is the last living Australian recipient of the original "imperial" Victoria Cross.[Note 1]
Contents
1 Early life
2 Military career
3 Later life
4 Honours and awards
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links
Early life
Keith Payne was born at Ingham, Queensland, on 30 August 1933, the son of Romilda (Millie) Hussey and Henry Thomas Payne. He attended Ingham State School and later became an apprentice cabinet-maker. Dissatisfied with working as a tradesman, Payne joined the Australian Army in August 1951 and after brief period in Citizen Military Forces (CMF) was posted to the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment in September the following year.[1]
Military career
Payne served with his unit in the Korean War between April 1952 and March 1953.[1] He married Florence Plaw, a member of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps, in December 1954, and was promoted to corporal the following year. Payne served in Malaya with this unit and in 1965, now a sergeant, he joined the 5th Battalion. In June 1965, by now a Warrant Officer Class II, Payne was a fieldcraft instructor on the staff of the Officer Training Unit, Scheyville, established to commission national servicemen. In February 1967 he was posted to Papua New Guinea where he served with the 2nd Battalion, Pacific Islands Regiment. He remained there until March 1968 when he returned to Brisbane. On 24 February 1969 he was posted to the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV).[1]
In May 1969 he was commanding the 212th Company of the 1st Mobile Strike Force Battalion when it was attacked by a strong North Vietnamese force. His company was isolated and, surrounded on three sides, Payne's Vietnamese troops began to fall back. Payne, by now wounded in the hands and arms and under heavy fire, covered the withdrawal before organising his troops into a defensive perimeter. He then spent three hours scouring the scene of the day's fight for isolated and wounded soldiers, all the while evading the enemy who kept up regular fire. He found some forty wounded men, brought some in himself and organised the rescue of the others, leading the party back to base through enemy dominated terrain.[1]
Payne's actions that night earned him the Victoria Cross, which was gazetted on 19 September 1969.[2] He was evacuated to Brisbane in September suffering from an illness, receiving a warm reception at the airport before entering hospital. In January 1970 Payne was posted to the Royal Military College Duntroon as an instructor.[1]
Payne received his VC from the Queen aboard the Royal Yacht, Britannia, in Brisbane on 13 April 1970. He was made a Freeman of the city and of the shire in which his hometown was located. A park in Stafford, Brisbane, where Payne lived was also named after him. He also received the Distinguished Service Cross and the Silver Star from the United States of America and the Republic of Vietnam awarded Payne the Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Bronze Star.[3]
He was later posted to the 42nd Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment.[1] Payne subsequently retired from the Australian Army in 1975, but saw further action as a captain with the Army of the Sultan of Oman against communist forces in the Dhofar War in 1975 and 1976.[3]
Later life
Payne joined the Legion of Frontiersmen in 1975 and holds the rank of an Honorary Chief Commissioner.[3] After returning to Australia and became active in the veteran community, particularly in counselling sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder. Payne and his wife raised five sons and are now living in Mackay, Queensland. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his service to the veteran community in 2006.[4] Payne was interviewed for the 2006 television docudrama Victoria Cross Heroes which also included archive footage and dramatisations of his actions.[5] In September 2012 he became a Patron of the Victoria Cross Trust.[6] The mental health ward at Greenslopes Private Hospital in Brisbane is named the Keith Payne Unit (KPU), in his honour.[7]
Honours and awards
Victoria Cross (UK) ribbon.png OrderAustraliaRibbon.png Australian Active Service Medal 1945-75 ribbon.png Korea Medal.svg
United Nations Service Medal for Korea ribbon.png GSM 62.gif Vietnam Medal ribbon.png Australian Service Medal 1945-1975 ribbon.png
Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon.png Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.png QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.png Centenary Medal (Australia) ribbon.png
DFSM with Rosette x 2.png National Medal (Australia) ribbon.png Australian Defence Medal (Australia) ribbon.png Meritorious Service Medal (UK).png
Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct - Army (UK) ribbon.png Distinguished Service Cross ribbon.svg Silver Star ribbon.svg Cross of Gallantry with Bronze Star (South Vietnam).png
Vietnam Campaign Medal ribbon.png General Service Medal (Oman).png Endurance Medal (Al-Sumood) (Oman).png Pingat Jasa Malaysia ribbon.png
Victoria Cross (UK) ribbon.png Victoria Cross (VC)[8][9][10][11] 19 September 1969[12]
OrderAustraliaRibbon.png Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)[9][11] 26 January 2006[4]
Australian Active Service Medal 1945-75 ribbon.png Australian Active Service Medal 1945–1975[9][10][11] with clasps for KOREA, MALAYSIA, VIETNAM and THAI-MALAY[9][10][11]
Korea Medal.svg Korea Medal[9][10][11]
United Nations Service Medal for Korea ribbon.png United Nations Service Medal for Korea[9][10][11]
GSM 62.gif General Service Medal (1962)[9][10][11] with MALAY PENINSULA clasp[9][10][11]
Vietnam Medal ribbon.png Vietnam Medal[9][10][11]
Australian Service Medal 1945-1975 ribbon.png Australian Service Medal 1945–1975[9][10][11] with clasps KOREA, SE ASIA and PNG[9][10][11]
Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon.png Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal[9][10][11] 1977
Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.png Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal[9][10][11] 2002
QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.png Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal 2012[13]
Centenary Medal (Australia) ribbon.png Centenary Medal[9][10][11] 1 January 2001[14]
DFSM with Rosette x 2.png Defence Force Service Medal with 2 clasps[9][10][11] 25–29 years service[15]
National Medal (Australia) ribbon.png National Medal[9][10][11] 25 January 1982[16]
Australian Defence Medal (Australia) ribbon.png Australian Defence Medal[9][11]
Meritorious Service Medal (UK).png Meritorious Service Medal[9][10][11]
Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct - Army (UK) ribbon.png Long Service and Good Conduct Medal – Army (UK)[9][10][11]
Distinguished Service Cross ribbon.svg Distinguished Service Cross (United States) [8][9][10][11]
Silver Star ribbon.svg Silver Star (USA)[8][9][10][11]
Cross of Gallantry with Bronze Star (South Vietnam).png Cross of Gallantry with Bronze Star (South Vietnam)[8][9][10][11]
Vietnam Campaign Medal ribbon.png Vietnam Campaign Medal (South Vietnam)[9][10][11]
General Service Medal (Oman).png Dhofar Campaign Medal (Oman)[9][10][11] Also referred to as: General Service Medal (Oman)
Endurance Medal (Al-Sumood) (Oman).png Dhofar Victory Medal (Oman)[9][10][11] Also referred to as: Endurance Medal (Al-Sumood) (Oman)
Pingat Jasa Malaysia ribbon.png Pingat Jasa Malaysia (Malaysia)[9][11]
Korean War Service Medal ribbon.png Korean War Service Medal (South Korea) (Not worn)[
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Ao menos cinco árvores tombaram na zona sul de São Paulo (SP), na tarde desta segunda-feira. As quedas ocorreram em função dos fortes ventos que atingiram a cidade a partir das 14h30.
A Companhia de Engenharia de Tráfego (CET) registrou três casos na área. Na rua General Almério de Moura, próximo à avenida Morumbi, duas árvores de grande porte caÃram.
Às 15h37, o órgão também atendeu ocorrência de uma árvore tombada na avenida Jornalista Roberto Marinho, na altura do número 900. As duas faixas no sentido do aeroporto de Congonhas ficaram ocupadas.
Na rua Comendador Miguel Calfat, no bairro Vila OlÃmpia, uma árvore caÃda atingiu os cabos de energia elétrica, causando faÃscas.
Na avenida Engenheiro Luis Carlos Berrini, outra árvore de porte grande bloqueou a passagem de carros.O tráfego só voltou ao normal às 15h34, de acordo com a CET. Cristiano Giazzon, morador do bairro, afirma que os carros usavam a rua Michael Faraday para desviar da avenida.
Em Campo Belo, segundo o morador Emerson Dal Bem, galhos ficaram presos entre a fiação dos postes na rua Antônio Macedo de Soares.
Os internautas Cristiano Giazzon, Emerson Dal Bem, Rafael Rocha e Daniele, de São Paulo (SP), participaram do vc repórter, canal de jornalismo participativo do Terra.
View from the control tower at the AMC Museum, Dover AFB, DE of a VC-9C. This VC-9C, serial number 73-1682, transported America's top leadership from 1975 until 2011. Much of that time it served as Air Force Two for Vice Presidents Walter Mondale, George H.W. Bush, Dan Quayle, Al Gore and Dick Cheney.
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