EPISODE · Dec 19, 2023 · 29 MIN
Short war story - Franz Stigler and Charlie Brown
from the airing cupboard's extraordinary stories of ordinary people · host Zoé Brown Storytelling - Amazing Stories
This story is about the skies over Germany on a cold 20th of December 1943, about a German Ace pilot, an American bomber commander, and an act of mercy that turned two ennemies into brothers...If you want to know more about this story, you can read the book:A Higher Call by Adam Makos and Larry Alexander-----------Music: Hot October by Wood Spider from Free Music Archives Copyright: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ and Convergence, Break Through and Horses by The Pictures of the Floating World From Free Music Archives Copyright: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ andSmoldering, Summer Days, Universe in Hands and November by Kai Engel from Free Music Archives Copyright: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/andThe Bridge by David Hilowitz From Free Music Archives Copyright: Attribution-Noncommercial- 4.0 United States https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Sounds: B17.wav by RelwinFrom Free Sounds Copyright CC BY 4.0 DEEDAttribution 4.0 International Messerschmitt Bf 109 Startup and Taxiing by FlighttoflyPhotoFrom Free SoundsAttribution NonCommercial 3.0 Spitfires and Bf-109 Flyby by FlighttoflyPhotoFrom Free SoundsAttribution NonCommercial 3.0 Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8EkmyoG83Qhttps://historycollection.com/mercy-war-german-pilot-spared-crippled-b-17-wounded-crew-two-pilots-became-friends-war/https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/12/20/1264068/-70-years-ago-today-two-honorable-men-methttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Stiglerhttps://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/valor-when-an-enemy-was-a-friend/https://chivalrytoday.com/chivalry-air/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Brown_and_Franz_Stigler_incident
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This story is about the skies over Germany on a cold 20th of December 1943, about a German Ace pilot, an American bomber commander, and an act of mercy that turned two ennemies into brothers... If you want to know more about this story, you can read the book: A Higher Call by Adam Makos and Larry Alexander - - - - - - - - - - - Music: Hot October by Wood Spider from Free Music Archives Copyright: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States https://creativecommo...
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Short war story - Franz Stigler and Charlie Brown
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