Name:
Samuel A. Snyder
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
33168426
Unit:
510th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-05-27
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
Plot:
A
Row:
28
Grave:
48
Decoration:
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Comments:
Machine gunner of the B-17 “Queen of the Air” , serial number 42-31975, that took off from Station 110 Polebrook in Northamptonshire in the UK at 8am on 27 May 1944. Shot down by an ME 109 German fighter at 12:30. Snyder was killed along with 7 of his crewmembers. 2 successfully bailed out and survived.