Hell above earth
Subtitle: the incredible true story of an American WWII bomber commander and the copilot ordered to kill him
By: Stephen Frater
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780312617929; 9781429956826
Subjects: United States; German Americans; United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group, 303rd; Family; German American soldiers; German American Participation; Bomber pilots; Campaigns; American Aerial operations; World War, 1939-1945; History; Biography; B-17 bomber
Description: In a sensational tale of combat, and an unlikely friendship in the flak-filled skies above Germany, Frater chronicles the life of U.S. Captain Werner Goering, an exceptional American pilot who was also the nephew of Herman Goering, leading member of the Nazi party and Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.