#516 in Biographies
Use arrows to jump to the previous/next product
Reddit mentions of A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
Sentiment score: 3
Reddit mentions: 8
We found 8 Reddit mentions of A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II. Here are the top ones.
Buying options
View on Amazon.comor
hard cover book with DJ
Specs:
Color | Multicolor |
Height | 9.27 Inches |
Length | 6.26 Inches |
Number of items | 1 |
Release date | December 2012 |
Weight | 1.3889122506 Pounds |
Width | 1.3 Inches |
Franz Stigler is perhaps best known for his antics involving escorting a damaged American B-17 to safety.
However, in his amazing account of the war detailed in the biographical book of his war experience ( [A Higher Call] ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0425252868?pc_redir=1405330637&robot_redir=1) ) we learn that he was a seemingly invincible German ace fighter pilot. He flew in missions from nearly the beginning of the war to the very end, wherein he finds himself among an elite unit of German aces flying the ME-262 jet fighter.
Stigler was credited with a few HUNDRED kills. Was he the most successful fighter pilot in all of recorded history? No.
That title belongs to another German ace by the name of Erich Hartmann with 352 credited kills.
Both men survived the war and many decades afterwards, dying eventually of old age. They seemed to be absolutely invincible in the skies over Germany.
Here's a link to the book. It's fantastic.
Fun Fact: Franz Stigler, a German WWII Pilot Ace, took a round with his Head and survived it. IIRC, the projectile went through the front window and HUD (its quite thick) of his BF109 and struck his head. There are pictures/ videos showing the indent mark on his head.
Source: A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
I can absolutely recommend this book!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425252868/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
For those interested.
There were many of these events, though they are largely forgotten. A Higher Call tells the amazing true story of a badly damaged american bomber which was escorted home by a german fighter pilot... the story was largely kept quiet during the war, before the pilots found each other years and years later. Its an amazing story :)
http://www.amazon.com/Higher-Call-Incredible-Chivalry-War-Torn/dp/0425252868/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381670921&sr=8-1&keywords=a+higher+call
There was a book wrote about it,A higher Call.
The book was very well written and interesting: definitely worth a read!
Read the book - http://www.amazon.com/Higher-Call-Incredible-Chivalry-War-Torn/dp/0425252868
I don't have my + so don't use this recommendation for the contest, I just wanted to recommend this book: A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II. It's the true story of Luftwaffe ace that spared the escorted a heavily damaged American bomber out of Germany and what happened to the mean after the war. Amazing book. It's also often the subject of TIL threads.