Mission: Patrol area of Arnhem, Netherlands.
Date: 25th September 1944
Unit: No.132 Squadron R.A.F.
Type: Supermarine Spitfire IX
Serial No: PL316
Coded: FF-S
Location: Near Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Pilot: Warrant Officer James Joseph Hyde 1391841 R.A.F.V.R Age. 27 – Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was shot down in combat by a Messerschmitt Bf 109 near Nijmegen.
Date: 25th September 1944
Unit: No.132 Squadron R.A.F.
Type: Supermarine Spitfire IX
Serial No: PL316
Coded: FF-S
Location: Near Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Pilot: Warrant Officer James Joseph Hyde 1391841 R.A.F.V.R Age. 27 – Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was shot down in combat by a Messerschmitt Bf 109 near Nijmegen.
Flight Sergeant James Hyde of San Juan, Trinidad, a Spitfire pilot who arrived in Britain in 1942 to begin his training,
Pictured here in 1944 with the Squadron’s mascot, a dog called ‘Dingo’ (IWM) Reference CH11978
Burial detail: JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY Grave/Memorial Reference: 17. A. 7. Son of Joseph and Millicent Hyde, of San Juan, Trinidad.
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless, August 2013.