A Higher Call : : an Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
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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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PUBLISHED
New York : Berkley Caliber, 2013, c2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: viii, 392 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780425252864
0425252868
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Alexander, Larry, 1951-
SUBJECTS
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 -- Biography.
Fighter pilots -- Germany -- Biography.