Maynard Harrison "Snuffy" Smith was a United States Army Air Forces staff sergeant and aerial gunner aboard a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in World War II, received the Medal of Honor for his conduct during a bombing mission over France on May 1, 1943. Smith was the first enlisted member of the United States Army Air Forces to earn the Medal of Honor.
Staff Sergeant Maynard Smith of the 306th Bombardment Group, is presented with the Medal of Honor by Secretary of War Henry L Stimson in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress at Thurleigh Airfield, USAAF Station 111, England.
Smith manning a machine gun
306th Flying Training Group
The 306th Flying Training Group is a unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to Air Education and Training Command (AETC). The group is stationed at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Cadet parachuting out of airplanes over a lineup of gliders
B-17G Flying Fortresses 44-6604 and 44-8676 of the 306th Bomb Group, showing the group's "Triangle H" Tail Marking
B-47B of the 306th Bomb Wing (Medium) landing at MacDill AFB.