From technical nuances, such as Luftwaffe flight formations, to excerpts from letters home, Snyder emphasizes the day-to-day details of the crew’s experience. Detailed research puts the reader inside the cockpit, shoulder to shoulder with the pilot and crew. Snyder carefully outlines each crew member’s background and their role aboard the Susan Ruth. “They were college graduates, farmers, lawyers, and coal miners, from all nationalities and all religious denominations.” Their mission was to deliver 5,000 pounds of bombs on target. The Susan Ruth’s crew was composed of ten men, four officers and six enlisted, and made up a true cross-section of American society. Using first-hand accounts from diary entries, letters, and family stories, Snyder revives experiences that are accessible and relevant both to historians and readers with a casual interest in WWII history. Steve Snyder’s masterful book, Shot Down, does justice to the adventures of his father, pilot Howard Snyder, and the crew of the B-17 plane Susan Ruth. The True Story of Pilot Howard Snyder and the Crew of the B-17 Susan Ruthįinalist, War & Military (Adult Nonfiction)ĭetailed research puts the reader inside the cockpit, shoulder to shoulder with the pilot and crew.
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