Hell above earth the incredible true story of an American WWII bomber commander and the copilot ordered to kill him

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 thought to be the nephew of Herman Goering, leading member of the Nazi party and Commander in Chief...

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Main Author: Frater, Stephen
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2013.
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245 1 0 |a Hell above earth :  |b the incredible true story of an American WWII bomber commander and the copilot ordered to kill him /  |c Stephen Frater. 
260 |a New York :  |b St. Martin's Griffin,  |c 2013. 
300 |a xiv, 302 p., [16] p. of plates :  |b ill. ;  |c 21 cm. 
500 |a "While Werner's grandfather and Herman's father were both indeed named Heinrich Ernst Göring ... the two were totally unrelated"--P. 250. 
520 |a 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 thought to be the nephew of Herman Goering, leading member of the Nazi party and Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-281) and index. 
600 1 0 |a Goering, Werner,  |d 1924- 
600 1 0 |a Rencher, Jack P.,  |d 1921-2010. 
610 1 0 |a United States.  |b Army Air Forces.  |b Bomb Group, 303rd  |v Biography. 
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600 1 0 |a Göring, Hermann,  |d 1893-1946  |x Family. 
650 0 |a B-17 bomber  |x History  |y 20th century. 
650 0 |a World War, 1939-1945  |x Aerial operations, American. 
650 0 |a World War, 1939-1945  |x Campaigns  |z Europe. 
650 0 |a World War, 1939-1945  |x German Americans  |v Biography. 
650 0 |a World War, 1939-1945  |x Participation, German American. 
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