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...
by Steve Snyder | Dec 18, 2014 | Historical
Today, Helen Prietz Eike Smith turned 93! Helen was the wife of George Eike, co-pilot of the B-17 Susan Ruth. My father, first pilot Howard Snyder, went through transitional training with George at Pyote, Texas and operational crew training at Dalhart, Texas before...
by Steve Snyder | Dec 17, 2014 | Historical
My long-time, good friend, John Bowden, arranged for me to make a PowerPoint presentation before his Kiwanis Club’s monthly luncheon meeting at Meadowlark Golf Club in Huntington Beach, CA.
by Steve Snyder | Dec 16, 2014 | Historical
On Monday, December 8th, I had the pleasure of making a presentation to a large group of WW II, Korean, and Vietnam Veterans at the Wendy’s restaurant in West Hills, California. The organization was started 12 years ago by a handful of WW II flyers and took the...
