World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Paul E. Doyle
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Wisconsin
Honored By
John Meurs
SERVICE NUMBER 0-768682. CO-PILOT WITH THE 398TH BOMB GROUP, 601ST BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH AIR FORCE BASED IN ENGLAND. HIS B-17 'UGLY DUCKLING' SERIAL NUMBER 42-102565, CRASHED IN THE IJSSEL LAKE, FORMER ZUIDER ZEE, NETHERLANDS, ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944 AFTER A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT IN MISBURG, GERMANY. THE BOMBER WAS HIT BY FLAK OVER ZWOLLE, NETHERLANDS. WHOLE CREW BAILED OUT SAFELY BUT PERISHED IN THE ICE COLD WATER OF THE LAKE. HE WASHED ASHORE FOUR MONTHS LATER NEAR URK, A FISHING HARBOR IN THE NETHERLANDS AND WAS BURIED THERE ON JUNE 9, 1945 IN THE MUNICIPAL CEMETERY. AT A LATER STAGE HE WAS RE-INTERRED IN THE AMERICAN MILITARY CEMETERY IN NEUVILLE-EN-CONDROZ IN BELGIUM.