A HIGHER CALL: Combat & Chivalry in the Skies of WWII by A. Makos 2013 HC 1Ed/8

Description: A HIGHER CALL: A True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-torn Skies of World War II by Adam Makos. LIKE NEW First Edition stated, 8th printing hardcover, 2013. Four days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germany. At the B-17's controls was a 21-year-old pilot. Half his crew lay wounded or dead. It was their first mission. Suddenly, a German Messerschmitt fighter pulled up on the bomber's tail. The German pilot was an ace, a man able to destroy the American bomber in 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. This is the true story of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies that day - American pilot 2LT Charlie Brown, a former farm boy from West Virginia, and German pilot 2LT Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot from Bavaria who sought to avoid fighting in World War II. This narrative follows both Charlie and Franz's harrowing missions. But ultimately, Charlie and Franz would stare across the frozen skies at one another. What happened between them was later classified by the American 8th Air Force as "top secret." It was an act that Franz could never mention or else face a firing squad. It was the encounter that would haunt both Charlie and Franz for 40 years until, as old men, they would search for one another, a last mission that would change their lives forever. Collectible. LIKE NEW First Edition stated hardcover, appearing unread with pages and edges clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Jacket shows no corner or edge wear with slight edge wrinkling and light scuffing and rubbing. No tears. Not price clipped. Not a remainder. 6.25" x 9.25." Photos, maps, and text. 392 pgs.

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