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F55 PAUL RAYMOND WYLDE

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F055 PAUL RAYMOND WYLDE, Flight-Lieutenant Pilot, 41342, Royal Air Force, 69 Squadron. Son of Joseph Thomas Paul and Lydia Wylde, of Hooton, Cheshire. Died 10th August 1941 aged 25 years.

At rest in Capuccini Naval Cemetery, Malta Plot F Grave 55
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On 10th August 1941 his Maryland aircraft AR739 of No 69 Sqn was on reconnaissance over Catania, but during the return flight to Malta the starboard engine failed, they arrived at Luqa but the aircraft crashed short of the runway. The pilot Flight Lieutenant P.R. Wylde was killed instantly as was the observer Sergeant R.S.Mutimer. Per Ardua Ad Astra.
 

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