8 December 1966
Capt Michael Lewis Hyde (KIA)

Another aircraft was lost on a close air support mission in South Vietnam about an hour after the B-57 was shot down. Capt Hyde was dropping napalm on VC troops involved in a firefight 10 miles southeast of True Clang in the Mekong Delta when his aircraft was hit by small arms fire. Capt Hyde may have been wounded as he did not eject from the aircraft before it crashed moments later. 56-3063 originally served with the 481st TFS at Cannon AFB.

Narrative author: Charles Louis Weinert, USAFA 1969.  He compiled the information from the AOG Register of Graduates and fellow graduates as well as excerpts from Vietnam Air Losses by Chris Hobson, Midland Publishing.  Sent by Charlie to the AOG in 2000.

Aircraft Photos of AC 56-3063