by Steve Snyder | Feb 10, 2015 | Historical
Below is a translation from an article that appeared in the Belgium newspaper, l’avenir Thanks to the crew of the B 17 Sunday, the civil authorities and made military respect to the crew of the B 17 fortress that crashed in Macquenoise. The day of February 8,...
by Steve Snyder | Feb 6, 2015 | Historical, Video
February 8 is Super Museum Sunday at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force located in Pooler, Georgia, and admission is free all day. During the event, I will be signing my book, SHOT DOWN, out of the Museum Gift Store from 10 am-4 pm. It was 71 years...
by Steve Snyder | Feb 1, 2015 | Reviews
WOW, what a read! I highly recommend this book to broaden your knowledge of air missions over Europe during WWII! This book is a memoir of Steve Snyder’s father, Howard Snyder. Howard was the pilot in command of the B-17 Susan Ruth and along with the nine other...
by Steve Snyder | Jan 29, 2015 | Historical
Hundreds of spectators, including World War II veterans, current military service members, and museum volunteers, crammed into The Mighty Eighth Museum on January 28 as the museum dedicated the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber that’s been dubbed the City of Savannah....
by Steve Snyder | Jan 28, 2015 | Historical
The Eighth Bomber Command was activated as part of the United States Army Air Forces on January 28, 1942 at Hunter Field in Savannah, Georgia. Brigadier General Ira C. Eaker took the headquarters to England the next month to prepare for its assignment of conducting...
