A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
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AIRCRAFT OF “A HIGHER CALL”
August Stigler and the “Pupil” glider.
The Stigler family during the 1930s. Front: Franz’s mother, Anna, and Franz. Rear: August and the boys’ father, Franz.
August 1939
Franz Stigler, fall 1944.
August alongside his Ju-88 bomber in France, summer 1940.
Franz in his 109, White 12, at Martuba, Libya, spring 1942.
Franz in a vehicle with Sgt. Erwin Swallisch (center) and Lt. Ferdinand Voegl (far left).
Lt. Werner Schroer
Franz’s mentor, Gustav Roedel.
Roedel (wearing shorts), in Greece during August 1943, as commander of JG-27.
Cpl. Mathew “Matthias” Letuku, POW and Marseille’s friend.
Capt. “Edu” Neumann, JG-27’s inspirational leader in the desert.
1st Lt. Hans-Joachim Marseille, the 22-year-old “Star of Africa,” in May 1942.
The Voegl Flight photo session at Quotaifiya, Egypt, on August 15, 1942. L to R: Franz, Voegl, Swallisch, and Bendert.
A mechanic services a 109 at Trapani airfield, Sicily.
Lt. Willy Kientsch emerges from his 109 and greets his ground crew.
Willy (center), Franz (looking at Willy), and Squadron 6 at Trapani in June 1943.
A flight of P-38s over the Mediterranean.
Franz emerges from his 109 at Trapani, cigarette in hand, after a convoy escort to Africa.
Adolf Galland, a general, at age 31.
Galland and Col. Gunther Luetzow during their inspection of Trapani airfield.
A 109G over the Mediterranean.
A 109 with Mt. Erice in the background.
Maj. Johannes “Macky” Steinhoff in Sicily.
Lt. Hans Lewes.
Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering, commander of the German Air Force.
The crew of “Ye Olde Pub.” Kneeling, L to R: Charlie, Pinky, Doc, and Andy. Standing, L to R: Frenchy, Russian, Pechout, Jennings, Ecky, and Blackie.
Charlie Brown in 1944.
WASP Marjorie Ketcham at Romulus Army Air Base, Michigan.
Sam “Blackie” Blackford alongside his ball turret, at Kimbolton Army Air Station, England.
The 379th commander, Col. Maurice Preston.
“Ecky” Eckenrode follows Dick Pechout through the enlisted mess at Kimbolton.
A briefing before a mission over Europe.
The 1939 college yearbook photo of 2nd Lt. Walter Reichold.
A B-17F prepares to take off.
Flak explodes amid B-17s along the “road to the Reich.”
A bomber’s gunner grips his .50 caliber machine gun.
Eight FW-190s, like this, attacked “the Pub” on December 20, 1943.
John D. Shaw’s painting “A Higher Call” depicts the December 20 encounter.
Col. James Thompson, 2nd Lt. Bob Harper (standing on right), 2nd Lt. Dale Killion.
The Brown crew with replacements at
Kimbolton, spring 1944. Front, L to R: Paige, Miller, Blackie, Doc, and Frenchy. Rear, L to R: Liddle, Charlie, Andy, and Pinky.
His final mission completed, Charlie Brown enjoys a bottle of whiskey and a cigar at Kimbolton on April 11, 1944
Franz and his pilots at Graz after their victory over the B-24s. Mellman and Sonntag are believed to be the pilots standing on the far left.
Eva poses in Franz’s 109.
In bombed-out Potsdam, Franz met the Greisse family.
At Dresden, October 1944, Franz (center) endures the antics of his adjutant, Sgt. Alfred Stueckler. The faces of Franz’s young pilots at left, reflect the gravity of the times.
“FLORIDA,” on Lake Tegernsee.
Munich airport in ruins.
Col. Hannes Trautloft.
Eric Hohagen as a first lieutenant.
Walter “the Count” Krupinski as a first lieutenant.
To conserve jet fuel, kettenkrads were often used as “runway tugs” to pull 262s
At JV-44’s alert shack, Steinhoff takes a call from the orphanage. Behind him (L to R) are the Count, Hohagen, and Luetzow
At the orphanage, Luetzow (center) confers with Col. Gunther von Maltzahn (left) and Trautloft (right).
Maj. Gerd Barkhorn.
Steinhoff’s burnt 262.
One of the last photos of Luetzow and Galland.
JV-44’s senior staff, late April 1945. Franz (far right) wears sunglasses, and Hohagen (foreground) shields his eyes. Joining them are the commanders from the KG-51 bomber unit (far left) and the jet training wing at Lechfeld (center).
At the war’s end, a Me-262, the world’s most advanced aircraft, lies abandoned in Austria.