by Steve Snyder | Jan 27, 2015 | Historical
Each year on February 8, a ceremony is held at the B-17 Susan Ruth Memorial to remember and honor its crew. This coming February 8th will commemorate the 71st anniversary of the Susan Ruth being attacked and shot down by two German Focke-Wulf fighters; crashing at La...
by Steve Snyder | Jan 26, 2015 | Reviews
Steve Snyder has done a magnificent job of producing a tribute to the B-17 crews of the Eighth Air Force generally, and the people of the Resistance in Occupied Europe. The story he has to tell is based on the recollections and contemporary letters of his father...
by Steve Snyder | Jan 17, 2015 | Reviews
Normally I never begin a book review like this—but allow me to just come right out and say it: this book is excellent. Steve Snyder’s Shot Down: The True Story of Pilot Howard Snyder and the Crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth is extraordinary. When the book arrived in the...
by Steve Snyder | Jan 3, 2015 | Historical
Meet The Author: Steve Snyder Event Date: Saturday, January 10, 2015 – 10:30 am Discover the extraordinary true events of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth, that was shot down over the French/Belgium border on February 8, 1944. Buy the...
by Steve Snyder | Dec 29, 2014 | Historical
It’s hard to imagine what the young bomber crews’ experienced as they flew their B-17s and B-24s through flak and battled enemy fighters. Add to that watching their sister ships in the formations get it and blow up or fall from the sky. The tension and...
