02843cam a2200565 i 4500 638355513 TxAuBib 20230207120000.0 120426s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012015546 9780425252864 hardback 0425252868 hardback 9780425255735 paperback 0425255735 paperback 40021814639 (OCoLC)826823788 TxAuBib rda Makos, Adam. 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. First edition. New York : Berkley Caliber, 2014. viii, 392 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. 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. 20230207. Brown, Charlie, 1922-2008. Stigler, Franz, 1916-2008. Brown, Charlie, 1922-2008. Stigler, Franz, 1916-2008. 1900-1999. 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. Bomber pilots. Bombing, Aerial. Fighter pilots. Military operations, Aerial American. Military operations, Aerial German. Germany. United States. Biographies. History. Alexander, Larry, 1951-