8th Air Force would later classify what happened between them as "top secret." It was an act that Franz could never mention for fear of facing a firing squad. What happened next would defy imagination and later be called "the most incredible encounter between enemies in World War II." The U.S. The pilot is German ace Franz Stigler-and he can destroy the young American crew with the squeeze of a trigger. Suddenly, a Messerschmitt fighter pulls up on the bomber's tail. Half his crew lay wounded or dead on this, their first mission. At the controls is twenty-one-year-old Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown. (Jan.THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: "Beautifully told." -CNN - "A remarkable story.worth retelling and celebrating."- USA Today - "Oh, it's a good one!" -Fox News A "beautiful story of a brotherhood between enemies" emerges from the horrors of World War II in this New York Times bestseller by the author of Devotion, now a Major Motion Picture.ĭecember, 1943 A badly damaged American bomber struggles to fly over wartime Germany. Agent: Greg Johnson, Wordserve Literary Agency. The book is a riveting story of humanity and mercy set against the ghastly backdrop of war. Based on thousands of hours of interviews and an evident knowledge of his subject, Makos details the frantic life of the German fighter pilots living on the edge, and the American bomber crews, far from home, fighting to survive. 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. Military historian and aviation enthusiast Makos, along with WWII biographer Alexander (In the Footsteps of the Band of Brothers), delivers 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.
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