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We sighted at 6,000 feet a group of British Typhoons heading towards the west, presumably home. I had a wingman who was an experienced 262 pilot so we looked for an hour and didn't find any targets until the end of our patrol. We launched from both sides of the autobahn in pairs. One day, we had some strafing aircraft in our area and took off to try and get them. Towards the end of April, the British were conducting daily strafing missions. We chose the autobahn as a temporary airfield. We managed to save six or seven of our aircraft and had to disperse to some other fields. On the 10th of April, our unit was almost destroyed in an attack by B-17s which had targeted airfields where 262s were stationed. I joined a Me 262 night fighter unit at the end of March 1945. Our 109s were not fast enough to be successful against the Mosquito so we looked for something else and the solution was found in the Me 262 jet fighter. We were to attack the Mosquito bombers that came in almost every night near Berlin. "I had been an instructor for a long time and joined the fighter forces in August 1944 as a night fighter, flying the Bf 109 in NJG-11. The bonus videos featuring Franz & Charlie, mentioned in A Higher Call, can be viewed here: JORG CZYPIONKA'S ENCOUNTER WITH A SPITFIRE - APRIL 1945

Me 262 pilot Jorg Czypionka's Spitfire story can be found below.

It was the encounter that would haunt both Charlie and Franz for forty years until, as old men, they would search the world for each other, a last mission that could change their lives forever. 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. Includes a COA // shipping added in checkout // ships bubble wrapped & boxedĪ “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. Roland flew in the 379th Bomb Group, the same group as A Higher Call hero Lt.

We have for sale the beloved New York Times bestselling book A Higher Call, written by Valor Studios co-founder Adam Makos.Įach hardback includes a bookplate autographed by Adam and B-17 pilot Roland Martin, shot down on the infamous "Black Thursday" Schweinfurt raid.