Steve Snyder, author of the award-winning book, "SHOT DOWN: The true story of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth", is interviewed on The Hangardeck Podcast by Peter Bruno on December 24, 2017.

Steve Snyder, author of the award-winning book, "SHOT DOWN: The true story of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth", is interviewed on The Hangardeck Podcast by Peter Bruno on December 24, 2017.

Author Steve Snyder discusses the story of his Father "Shot Down".

Winner of over 20 national book awards, SHOT DOWN is set within the framework of World War II in Europe and recounts the dramatic experiences of each member of a ten man B-17 bomber crew after their plane, piloted by the author's father, was knocked out of the sky by German fighters over the French/Belgium border on February 8,1944.


Some men died. Some were captured and became prisoners of war. Some men evaded capture and were missing in action for months before making it back to England. Their individual stories and those of the courageous Belgian people who risked their lives to help them are all different and are all remarkable.

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Winner of over 20 national book awards, SHOT DOWN is set within the framework of World War II in Europe and recounts the dramatic experiences of each member of a ten man B-17 bomber crew after their plane, piloted by the author's father, was knocked out of the sky by German fighters over the French/Belgium border on February 8,1944. Some men died. Some were captured and became prisoners of war. Some men evaded capture and were missing in action for months before making it back to England. Their individual stories and those of the courageous Belgian people who risked their lives to help them are all different and are all remarkable.

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Author Steve Snyder discusses the story of his Father "Shot Down".

Author Steve Snyder discusses the story of his Father "Shot Down".