A Higher Call
An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the WarTorn Skies of World War II
by Adam Makos
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appears in Military History, War History, and Aviation.
Four days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germany. At its controls was a 21yearold pilot. Half his crew lay wounded or dead. It was their first mission. Suddenly, a sleek, dark shape pulled up on the bomber?s tail ? a Messerschmitt 109 fighter. Worse, the German pilot was an ace, a man able to ...
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appears in Military History, War History, and Aviation.
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