Biography
Payne, Earle Elwood. b. December 21, 1911 (1910), San Francisco, California; Single; Seaman; CP June 1935 and Spanish CP; Received Passport# 367580 on February 16, 1937 which listed his address as 490 Warren Street, Brooklyn, New York (San Francisco, California); Sailed February 20, 1937 aboard the Ile de France; Arrived in Spain on March 17, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Washington BN, Estado Mayor, Transmissions; Returned to the US on August 4, 1938 aboard the Manhattan; WWII Armed forces; d. May 20, 1998, Mountain View, Santa Clara, California.
Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; Washington; RGASPI; Harriman, L-W Tree Ancestry. Code A
Photographs: Earl Payne from group photographs aboard the Manhattan; and from his 1934 Application for a Seama’s Protection Certificate; L-W Tree Ancestry.
Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; Washington; RGASPI; Harriman, L-W Tree Ancestry. Code A
Photographs: Earl Payne from group photographs aboard the Manhattan; and from his 1934 Application for a Seama’s Protection Certificate; L-W Tree Ancestry.