Maynard Harrison Smith
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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 who received the Medal of Honor for his conduc
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
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
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The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft that was developed in the mid-1930s for the United States Army Air Corps. A fast and high-flying bomber used primarily
Maynard Harrison Smith
…Maynard Harrison "Snuffy" Smith (May 19, 1911 – May 11, 1984) was a United States Army Air Forces staff sergeant and aerial gunner aboard a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in World War II who received the Medal of Honor for his conduct during a bombing mission over France on 1 May 1943. Smith was the first enlisted…
A B-17G, Sentimental Journey, performing at the 2014 Chino Airshow in Chino, California
Installation of fixtures and assemblies on a tail fuselage section of a B-17 at the Douglas plant in Long Beach, California, October 1942
Waist position gun blister of Model 299, not adopted for production
Boeing-built B-17Fs, with the clear-view two-piece Plexiglas bombardier's nose.