Henry G Hyde
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Hank wrote to his grandma on 5 October 1943 saying: ‘Dad’s probably told you that Eleanor and I are going to be engaged when I return home on furlough. You’ll be happy to know that I took your advice and saved enough money from my pay each month for the ring. Dad’s making it for me.’
Shared with the American Air Museum by Jim Walker.
Object Number - UPL 21502 - Hank Hyde and his sweetheart Eleanor Keller. Hank wrote to his grandma on 5 October 1943 saying: ‘Dad’s probably told you that Eleanor and I...
Hank Hyde served as a pilot with the 366th Fighter Group. He had enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force on his 18th birthday in 1941. Later transferring to the USAAF, he arrived in the UK in January 1944. Hyde was killed on an armed reconnaissance mission over northern France on 7 June 1944, the day after D-Day.
Shortly before his death, he wrote to his father: ‘The worst is yet to come. Still, I’m looking forward to it with much expectation.’
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 366th Fighter Group
Places
- Site type: USAAF heritage site
- Known as: AAM
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
New York, NY, USA | 17 August 1923 | |
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Other Enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force |
17 August 1941 | ||
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Other Killed in Action |
14490 Balleroy, France | 7 June 1944 | |
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Buried |
Plot F Row 11 Grave 6 |
Revisions
Correspondence with the Hyde family.
ABMC record: https://www.abmc.gov/node/544739#.VyB_BE32aM8
MACR 5677
