![]() ![]() ![]() 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 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. “Oh, it’s a good one!” -Fox NewsĪ “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 Spearhead.ĭecember, 1943: A badly damaged American bomber struggles to fly over wartime Germany.“A remarkable story.worth retelling and celebrating.”- USA Today.THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: “Beautifully told.” -CNN ![]()
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