| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
viii, 392 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Copyright date 2012. |
| Summary |
The true story of two pilots whose lives collided in the skies over wartime Germany on December 21, 1943: an American--2nd Lieutenant Charlie Brown, a former farm boy from West Virginia who came to captain a B-17, and a German--2nd Lieutenant Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot from Bavaria who sought to avoid fighting in World War II. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-392). |
| Contents |
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 have fallen -- Was it worth it? |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, German.
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Bombing, Aerial -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Bomber pilots -- United States -- Biography.
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Fighter pilots -- Germany -- Biography.
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Brown, Charlie, 1922-2008.
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Stigler, Franz, 1916-2008.
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| Added Author |
Alexander, Larry,
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| ISBN |
9780425252864 (hbk.) |
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0425252868 (hbk.) |
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