A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
ISBN-13:
9780425255735
ISBN-10:
0425255735
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
Adam Makos, Larry Alexander
Publication date:
2014
Publisher:
Dutton Caliber
Format:
Paperback
400 pages
Category:
Europe
,
Germany
,
European History
,
Aviation
,
Military History
,
United States
,
World War I
,
World War II
,
Historical
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ISBN-13:
9780425255735
ISBN-10:
0425255735
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
Adam Makos, Larry Alexander
Publication date:
2014
Publisher:
Dutton Caliber
Format:
Paperback
400 pages
Category:
Europe
,
Germany
,
European History
,
Aviation
,
Military History
,
United States
,
World War I
,
World War II
,
Historical
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A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II (ISBN-13: 9780425255735 and ISBN-10: 0425255735), written by authors
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: “Beautifully told.”—CNN • “A remarkable story...worth retelling and celebrating.”—USA Today • “Oh, it’s a good one!”—Fox News
A “beautiful story of a brotherhood between enemies” emerges from the horrors of World War II in this New York Times bestseller by the author of Spearhead.
December, 1943: A badly damaged American bomber struggles to fly over wartime Germany. At the controls is twenty-one-year-old Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown. Half his crew lay wounded or dead on this, their first mission. Suddenly, a Messerschmitt fighter pulls up on the bomber’s tail. The pilot is German ace Franz Stigler—and he can destroy the young American crew with the squeeze of a trigger...
What happened next would defy imagination and later be called “the most incredible encounter between enemies in World War II.”
The U.S. 8th Air Force would later classify what happened between them as “top secret.” It was an act that Franz could never mention for fear of facing a firing squad. It was the encounter that would haunt both Charlie and Franz for forty years until, as old men, they would search the world for each other, a last mission that could change their lives forever.
A “beautiful story of a brotherhood between enemies” emerges from the horrors of World War II in this New York Times bestseller by the author of Spearhead.
December, 1943: A badly damaged American bomber struggles to fly over wartime Germany. At the controls is twenty-one-year-old Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown. Half his crew lay wounded or dead on this, their first mission. Suddenly, a Messerschmitt fighter pulls up on the bomber’s tail. The pilot is German ace Franz Stigler—and he can destroy the young American crew with the squeeze of a trigger...
What happened next would defy imagination and later be called “the most incredible encounter between enemies in World War II.”
The U.S. 8th Air Force would later classify what happened between them as “top secret.” It was an act that Franz could never mention for fear of facing a firing squad. It was the encounter that would haunt both Charlie and Franz for forty years until, as old men, they would search the world for each other, a last mission that could change their lives forever.
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Jan 04, 2023
Makos also wrote Devotion re Korean War pilots that now is a movie. He also wrote a WWII story of an encounter between One US and German tank. All 3 are outstanding and touching because they are True Stories told by a pro story teller. I have sent numerous copies of each to friends and vets. All gave each 2 thumbs up.
Killers of the Flower Moon and The Boys in the Boat are also mine and friends favorites. Truth trumps fiction...except in politics. Thanks for asking my opinion.
Ed Dwyer
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