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Author:

Makos, Adam.

Title:

A higher call : an incredible true story of combat and chivalry in the war-torn skies of World War II / Adam Makos with Larry Alexander.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Berkley Caliber,

Copyright Date:

2013, c2012

Description:

viii, 392 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, German.
Bombing, Aerial--Germany--History--20th century.
Bomber pilots--United States--Biography.
Fighter pilots--Germany--Biography.
Brown, Charlie,--1912-2008.
Stigler, Franz,--1916-2008.

Other Authors:

Alexander, Larry, 1951-

Notes:

Includes bibliography.

Contents:

A stranger in my own land -- Follow the eagles -- A feather in the wind -- Fire free -- The desert amusement park -- The stars of Africa -- The homecoming -- Welcome to Olympus -- The unseen hand -- The Berlin bear -- The farm boy -- The quiet ones -- The lives of nine -- The boxer -- A higher call -- The third pilot -- Pride -- Stick close to me -- The downfall -- The flying sanatorium -- We are the air force -- The squadron of experts -- The last of the German fighter pilots -- Where bombs had fallen -- Was it worth it?

Summary:

This is the true story of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies over wartime Germany on 21 December 1943 --the American--2nd Lieutenant Charlie Brown, a former farm boy from West Virginia who came to captain a B-17--and the German--2nd Lieutenant Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot from Bavaria who sought to avoid fighting in World War II.

ISBN:

0425252868
9780425252864

OCLC:

(OCoLC)791682283

LCCN:

2012015546

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