by Steve Snyder | Aug 12, 2014 | Historical
My book, Shot Down, is published! After 4 1/2 years and countless hours of dedicated work, I have completed my mission to tell the incredible World War II story of the B-17 Susan Ruth crew, and of the brave Belgian patriots who risked their lives to help them. A...
by Steve Snyder | Aug 8, 2014 | Historical
A recent article, Les préparatifs du 70e de la Libération, (Preparations for the 70th Liberation of Belgium), appeared in the regional Belgian newspaper, l’avenir (The Future). It was about the work being done on several World War II memorials in the area of...
by Steve Snyder | Aug 6, 2014 | Historical
In doing research for my book, Shot Down, I visited a multitude of websites in my search for information about the air war in Europe during World War II. One of the best sites I came across is one of the 303rd Bomb Group whose nickname was “Hell’s...
by Steve Snyder | Aug 5, 2014 | Historical
After my father’s B-17 Flying Fortress was shot down and crashed at Macquenoise, Belgium on February 8, 1944, two small cross necklaces were made out of the plexiglass from the plane, named the Susan Ruth after my oldest sister who was one year old went my...
by Steve Snyder | Aug 3, 2014 | Historical
Like all bomber crews, the ten members of the Susan Ruth came from varied places and backgrounds. The crew was in the 369th Bomb Squadron, nicknamed “Fightin’ Bitin”, of the 306th Bomb Group, stationed at Thurleigh, England from October 21, 1943...
by Steve Snyder | Aug 2, 2014 | Historical
John Pindroch from Cleveland, Ohio was a waist gunner on my father’s B-17 Susan Ruth crew. After the Susan Ruth was shot down on February 8, 1944, John and 7 other U.S. airmen were betrayed by collaborators and captured and shot by the Germans at Saint Remy,...
