Captain James Dennis Payne MC was a World War I flying ace credited with fourteen aerial victories.
[2] On 30 October 1916, Acting Sergeant Major Payne was commissioned a second lieutenant on duty with the Royal Flying Corps.
[5] He scored his first victory on 12 August 1917, using a Nieuport fighter to destroy a German Albatros D.V near Houthoulst Forest.
On the 9th, he would wound and drive down veteran ace Walter Göttsch for victory number nine.
[6] Also in November he was appointed a Flight Commander, which bore the concomitant rank of captain.