Shot Down: The True Story of Pilot Howard Snyder and the Crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth
- ISBN-10
- 0986076015
- ISBN-13
- 9780986076015
- Series
- Shot Down
- Category
- B-17 bomber
- Pages
- 360
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-02-08
- Publisher
- Sea Breeze Publishing LLC
- Author
- Steve Snyder
Description
"Shot Down is a compelling story of our B-17 aircrews that flew, fought, and died over Europe to save a continent from tyranny and oppression. There were over 56,000 downed airmen in World War II. Lt. Howard Snyder and the crew of the Susan Ruth were one of those crews that went down over Europe... --General Duncan J. McNabb, USAF, retired, 33rd Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force." -- back cover
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