| Description |
viii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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 had fallen -- Was it worth it? |
| Summary |
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. |
| 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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Brown, Charlie, 1922-2008. (OCoLC)fst01912168
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Stigler, Franz, 1916-2008. (OCoLC)fst01917177
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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Bomber pilots. (OCoLC)fst00835785
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Bombing, Aerial. (OCoLC)fst00835808
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Fighter pilots. (OCoLC)fst00923988
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Military operations, Aerial -- American.
(OCoLC)fst01710199
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Military operations, Aerial -- German.
(OCoLC)fst01710214
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Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Brown, Charlie, 1912-2008. (DE-588)1038266211
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Stigler, Franz, 1916-2008. (DE-588)1038265924
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Luftkrieg (DE-588)4036571-2
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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Geschichte 1943
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Alexander, Larry, 1951-
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| ISBN |
9780425252864 |
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0425252868 |
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9780425255735 |
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0425255735 |
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