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2015.24.2
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By the end of July 1927, Crocker Snow was commissioned as an officer in the Massachusetts Air Corps Reserve.
In 1941 he was called to active duty at the request of Colonel Bob Olds, who was in charge of getting lend-lease airplanes over to Britain. Snow's first job as commanding officer at the North Atlantic Sector of Old's Air Corps Ferrying Command, was to represent the U.S. Army Air Force in construction of airports at Presque isle, Maine, Goose Bay, Labrador, and Bluie West One, Greenland. During this tour of duty he proposed and tested the unescorted delivery of fighter aircraft across the Atlantic.
Snow was placed in command of a B-17 provisional bombardment group which he trained and delivered to the United Kingdom in 1943. In 1944 he was assigned to B-29s and given the 498th Bombardment Group to organize. He was assistant chief of staff under General Rosie O'Donnell, of the 73rd Bomb Wing. He flew with the second B-29 mission to land in the Marianas and in November of 1944 accompanied the 498th in the first B-29 raid against Tokyo. A Citation for Meritorious Service from the 20th Air Force commended his outstanding flying ability and resourcefulness.
In 1941 he was called to active duty at the request of Colonel Bob Olds, who was in charge of getting lend-lease airplanes over to Britain. Snow's first job as commanding officer at the North Atlantic Sector of Old's Air Corps Ferrying Command, was to represent the U.S. Army Air Force in construction of airports at Presque isle, Maine, Goose Bay, Labrador, and Bluie West One, Greenland. During this tour of duty he proposed and tested the unescorted delivery of fighter aircraft across the Atlantic.
Snow was placed in command of a B-17 provisional bombardment group which he trained and delivered to the United Kingdom in 1943. In 1944 he was assigned to B-29s and given the 498th Bombardment Group to organize. He was assistant chief of staff under General Rosie O'Donnell, of the 73rd Bomb Wing. He flew with the second B-29 mission to land in the Marianas and in November of 1944 accompanied the 498th in the first B-29 raid against Tokyo. A Citation for Meritorious Service from the 20th Air Force commended his outstanding flying ability and resourcefulness.
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1. Crocker Snow
2. Crocker Snow Early Military Center Standing
3. A-2 Lt. Crocker Snow Center Standing
4. Crocker Snow Pilot Cockpit
1. Crocker Snow
2. Crocker Snow Early Military Center Standing
3. A-2 Lt. Crocker Snow Center Standing
4. Crocker Snow Pilot Cockpit