by Steve Snyder | Sep 16, 2014 | Historical
In September 1944, the Allied forces of Canada, England, and the United States liberated Belgium from four years of Nazi occupation and oppression. It was a joyous time! ...
by Steve Snyder | Sep 15, 2014 | Historical
On December 1, 1943, my father flew a bombing mission to Soligen, Germany. His crew’s ball turret gunner Louis Colwart had been injured on a November 26 mission to Bremen and could not go. His replacement was 19 year Philip Mundell who was flying on his very...
by Steve Snyder | Sep 10, 2014 | Historical
In 1944, Luftwaffe pilot, Hans Berger, shot down my father’s B-17. Today in 2014, my youngest son had lunch with Hans Berger! On February 8, 1944, two Focke-Wulf 190 German fighter planes attacked the 306th Bomb Group B-17 Susan Ruth over the French/Belgian...
by Steve Snyder | Sep 2, 2014 | Historical
On September 2, 1944, the 9th U.S. Infantry Division entered Belgium from France, crossing over the Wartoise River at Forge-Philppe, near Cendron and liberated the country from four years of Nazi occupation and oppression. On that same day, my father, pilot of the...
by Steve Snyder | Aug 28, 2014 | Historical
It’s a tale often told. The wartime bomber shot down, the crew bailout, but what happens next to B-17 pilot Howard Snyder is an incredible story of bravery and survival. In his book, Shot Down, author and the pilot’s son, Steve Snyder describes his father’s wartime...
