Name:
Jesse Hugh, Jr. Snider
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-701442
Unit:
850th Bomber Squadron, 801st Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-07-05
State:
California
Cemetery:
Crestlawn Memorial Park, California
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The B-24 number 41-29599 named BOOTS took off at 2331 on 4 July 1944 from Harrington, UK to deliver supplies to the French resistance (Operation Peter). The plane was shot down by flak over Lagney le Sec, France, at 2am on the morning of 5 July. The entire crew of ten was killed. MACR 6991. LT Snyder was the bomber. He is back row left in the picture.