ZZAirwar - 1943-12-20/20 P-47D 42-8677 Capt. Hyde Wadden Sea

Date: 1943 Dec 20/20			A/C Type: P-47D Fortress		SN: 42-8677	Code: QI-		A/C Nickname:
File: 239		Airforce: USAAF		Sqn/Unit: 356 FG - 361 FS		Mission/Raid: Escort Bremen
1	Pilot	Capt. Paul H. Hyde Jr. MIA				9	RWG
2	Co-pilot					10	TG
3	Nav.					11
4	B					12
5	E					13
6	RO					14
7	BTG					15
8	LWG					16
On route from England direction Den Helder and Wadden Sea to meet own bombers for home escort. Capt. Hyde looks under the clouds past Den Helder, turns with the bombers, but a possible empty B-24 lifts up and hits him. Both down in Waddensee above Breezand on Closure dam Afsluitdijk. Pilot never found, MIA.

File 239. 1943-12-20/20 P-47D 42-8677 Capt. Hyde Wadden Sea