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Old 28th Dec 2013, 23:19
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Chivalry in combat...

I was given this for Christmas and have just finished it, couldn't put it down!

'A Higher Call' by Adam Makos (with Larry Alexander) tells the story of two WW2 pilots - one a rookie struggling to limp a shot-up B17 back from a sortie, the other an Ace in a 109 who chased down to finish it off but in fact spared it and escorted it through the coastal batteries and out to the North Sea. It covers their respective careers before and after that fateful event - and how they came to meet up in person almost 50 years later. Fascinating, truly inspirational and hugely moving. It's a completely true story BTW.
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