![]() ![]() ![]() Charlie Brown and his crew through training and to the successful completion of their combat tour in April 1944. Building on the events of that encounter, Makos crafts a multifaceted story, relating the career of Stigler from his first taste of combat in North Africa to his final assignment flying jet fighters in the waning battles of the war in Europe. ![]() a top-notch narrative of the unlikely encounter between one of Germany's leading fighter aces, Franz Stigler, and the rookie crew of an American bomber in the frigid skies of Germany in December 1943 - upon engaging the already damaged American plane, Stigler had mercy on his enemies and escorted them to safety. ![]() As was noted of this widely acclaimed book in Publishers Weekly: "Military historian and aviation enthusiast Makos, along with WWII biographer Alexander. Makos is likewise the co-author of the bestselling nonfiction account, "A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II," which is just recently out in paperback. On this edition of ST, we speak by phone with Adam Makos: a longtime journalist and military historian who's also the editor of the military-themed magazine, Valor. ![]()
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