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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, Larry Alexander.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Berkley Hardcover,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
viii, 392 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, German
Bombing, Aerial -- 20th century-- History -- 20th century
Bomber pilots -- Biography-- Biography
Fighter pilots -- Biography-- Biography
Brown, Charlie, 1912-2008
Stigler, Franz, 1916-2008
Other Authors:
Alexander, Larry.
Notes:
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:
9780425252864 (hardcover)
0425252868 (hardcover)
Locations:
EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

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