TITLE:
A higher call : an incredible true story of combat and chivalry in the war-torn skies of World World II / Adam Makos with Larry Alexander.
By:
Publication Date:
2012-2013
Publication Information:
New York : Berkley Caliber,
Physical Description:
viii, 392 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.
Additional Contributors:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780425252864
