Shot Down: The true story of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth -- Steve Snyder, Paperback True Crime / Espionage "The feel-good summer read of

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Shot Down: The true story of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth -- Steve Snyder, Paperback True Crime / Espionage "The feel-good summer read ofWinner of 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 Belgian 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