On 6 February 1958, he was the co-pilot of BEA flight 609 that was to carry the Manchester United football team and journalists from West Germany to England but which crashed on take-off.
[2] On 15 October 1940, Rayment joined the ranks of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR).
[3] After spending three months at 56 Operational Training Unit based at RAF Sutton Bridge, in December 1941 he was assigned to No.
[8] From September 1943 to April 1944, he was an instructor with 51 Operational Training Unit, based at RAF Cranfield.
[2] He was then seconded to the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), and flew Lockheed Model 18 Lodestars until the end of the war in 1945.
In his early career with BEA, he flew Airspeed Consuls, Dakotas, and Vickers Vikings.
In 1953, he started flying Airspeed Ambassadors and Vickers Viscounts as a senior captain.
[2] On 6 February 1958, Rayment was the second pilot of a charted flight that was to bring the Manchester United football team, supporters and journalists from Germany back to England.
BEA flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take-off from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport, West Germany.
He was the second crew member to die due to injuries received in the crash at Munich.