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Why a German ace refused to shoot down a crippled American bomber during WW2 — and saved 9 lives that December day. This World War 2 story reveals how one pilot's code of honor defied everything Nazi Germany demanded.

December 20, 1943. Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown, a 21-year-old B-17 pilot on his first combat mission, limped his shattered bomber over Germany. His tail gunner was dead. Six crew members were wounded. Only 3 of 11 guns still worked. Luftwaffe ace Franz Stigler, with 27 kills, spotted the crippled bomber — one more kill would earn him the Knight's Cross. Every instinct said fire. Nazi regulations demanded it. Refusing meant execution.

They were all wrong.

What Franz Stigler discovered that morning wasn't about medals or orders. It was about honor — the code his commander Gustav Rödel had taught him: shooting defenseless men was murder, not combat. Instead of firing, Stigler escorted the B-17 past German flak batteries to the North Sea, saluted Brown, and flew away. Both men kept the encounter secret — one to avoid court-martial, the other under military orders.

Decades later, Brown became obsessed with finding the mysterious German who spared his life. What happened when he finally did — and how their story ended — is something you need to see for yourself. Their journey inspired the bestselling book "A Higher Call" and proves that even in total war, humanity can survive.