#94: A Higher Call With Adam Makos

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2014

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On December 20, 1943 a badly damaged American bomber was flying over German airspace. Piloting the plane was a 21 year old on his first mission. Half his crew lay wounded or dead. Suddenly a German fighter flew in and lined up right behind the bomber. Flying that fighter was on the German air forces top aces. With just a pull of the trigger the German fighter could have sent the American bomber crashing to the ground. But he didn't do that. Instead he did something absolutely incredible. In today's podcast we talk about what happened in the sky in Germany over 70 years ago between two enemies and how it would lead to friendship. Our guest to day is Adam Makos. He's the author of the book A Higher Call which re-counts this event.

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0:00.0	Burett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:19.4	Four days before Christmas in 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly
0:24.1	over wartime Germany.
0:26.1	His head's control was a 21 year old pilot, half of his crew lay wounded or dead, and this
0:30.4	was his very first mission that he was flying.
0:33.1	Suddenly out of nowhere, a German fighter plane came up and lined up directly behind this
0:38.4	bomber's tails.
0:40.2	And flying this German fighter was a German ace pilot, one of the best in the German air
0:45.0	force.
0:46.3	And with just a squeeze of the trigger, this German pilot could have taken this bomber down.
0:50.9	But he didn't do that, and said he just did something that was absolutely incredible.
0:55.1	This incredible story became the topic of a book called a Higher Call, an incredible
1:00.2	true story of combat and showvery in the war torn skies of World War II.
1:04.3	And today on the podcast, we have the author of that book, Adam Mekos.
1:07.4	We're going to talk about this event that brought together two enemies, and the unlikely
1:13.0	story of how they became friends with just this chance encounter.
1:17.8	It's a fascinating and very touching podcast.
1:20.3	I think you're really going to enjoy it.
1:22.2	So let's get on with the show.
1:26.1	Adam Mekos, welcome to the show.
1:28.6	Thanks, Brett.
1:29.6	Glad to be with you.
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