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.
 

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