April 17, 2024
JOHN SHAW PRINT SET A HIGHER CALL & BONUS PRINT SIGNED FRANZ STIGLER AND BROWN!!
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Offered is a Signer's Proof print of the famous "A Higher Call" by John D. Shaw. In addition, a pencil print with the wartime likeness of both Franz Stigler and Charles Brown is included. This is a limited edition print that has been signed in pencil by Stigler and Brown. The perfect set! The story is as follows: Encountering a mortally-wounded B-17 limping back to England, Luftwaffe ace Franz Stigler anticipated an easy kill and another opportunity to avenge his brother’s death at the opening of WWII. As he approached the virtually helpless American plane, however, he saw the faces of the dead and wounded crewmen. Then, Stigler’s eyes met those of pilot Charles Brown. Despite the potentially severe consequences of letting an enemy plane escape, Stigler felt that he had to answer a higher call of honor . . . mercy. Expecting the worst at any moment, Brown marveled as the enemy Bf-109 stuck with him to the North Sea. His adversary then saluted and veered away, allowing the astonished Brown to journey safely home. With this encounter engraved into the minds of both pilots for decades after the war’s end, the two men remarkably located one another in 1990. In the years that followed, their friendship developed to the point where Stigler considered Brown to be as precious as the brother he had lost. Prints have never been framed and
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