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...
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 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...
by Steve Snyder | Dec 19, 2014 | Historical
B-17s served in every World War II combat zone. The aircraft is best known for daylight strategic bombing of German industrial targets. The B-17 flew mostly out of England, equipping 26 of the 40 bombardment groups of the 8th Air Force. After the end of World War II...
