A higher call : an incredible true story of combat and chivalry in the war-torn skies of World War II

by Makos, Adam.

Book - 2013

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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East Campus Juvenile	D785 .M34 2013	Book	Available
University Main Stacks	D785 .M34 2013	Book	Available
Main Non-Fiction	D785 .M34 2013	Book	Due: Jun 22 2018

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245	12	$a A higher call :$b an incredible true story of combat and chivalry in the war-torn skies of World War II /$c Adam Makos with Larry Alexander.
250	__	$a First edition.
264	_1	$a New York :$b Berkley Caliber,$c 2012.
300	__	$a viii, 392 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$b illustrations ;$c 24 cm
336	__	$a text$b txt$2 rdacontent
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338	__	$a volume$b nc$2 rdacarrier
504	__	$a Includes bibliography.
505	0_	$a 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?
520	__	$a 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.
600	10	$a Brown, Charlie,$d 1922-2008.
600	10	$a Stigler, Franz,$d 1916-2008.
650	_0	$a World War, 1939-1945$x Aerial operations, American.
650	_0	$a World War, 1939-1945$x Aerial operations, German.
650	_0	$a Bomber pilots$z United States$v Biography.
650	_0	$a Fighter pilots$z Germany$v Biography.
650	_0	$a Bombing, Aerial$z Germany$x History$y 20th century.
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