A Higher Call
An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-torn Skies of WWII
[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2013.
Format: Eaudiobook
Edition: Unabridged.
Description: 1 online resource (1 sound file) : digital.
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.
Subjects:
Brown, Charlie, 1922-2008.
Stigler, Franz, 1916-2008.
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.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
HISTORY / Military / World War II.
Brown, Charlie, 1922-2008.
Stigler, Franz, 1916-2008.
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.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
HISTORY / Military / World War II.
ISBN:
9781470899271 (electronic audio bk.)
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Eaudiobook
Electronic resource.
Read by Robertson Dean.
Description based on publisher supplied image on web page (viewed Mar. 19, 2013)
Read by Robertson Dean.
Description based on publisher supplied image on web page (viewed Mar. 19, 2013)