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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.

by Makos, Adam.

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New York : Berkley Caliber, 2013.

Brown, Charlie, 1912-2008.

Stigler, Franz, 1916-2008.

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.

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

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?

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.

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