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Hell Above Earth: The Incredible True Story Of An American WWII Bomber Commander And The Copilot Ordered To Kill Him (2012)

by Stephen Frater(Favorite Author)

3.63 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0312617925 (ISBN13: 9780312617929)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

St. Martin's Press

review 1: This was just a great book. Great combination of good writing, bunch of action and a very intriguing story of the nephew of Hermann Goering’s Nephew and the interesting story of his service ace a bombing ace in WWII for the Allies.This is really the story of Werner Goering and his closest friend who keeps an incredible secret for their entire lives.If you love the hidden stories of WWII, and enjoy the details of combat, and the aspects of war you will enjoy this book. Does a great job depicting the incredible challenges and hardships the Bomber pilots and crews endured with 1940’s technology.I give this one a full 4 stars, no question. My kind of book!
review 2: I am a fan of aviation. Reading abuot WWII as it related to aviation helps to make this sub... moreject matter more interesting to me. I have never heard about Werner Goering or Jack Rencher. After reading this book I agree with Mr. Frater's sentiments about Goering and Rencher... they are both good men, humble aviators, warriors, and best friends. I start down to read this book and found I could not tear myself away from it. The only reason I did was because I had started this book right before bed and was falling asleep with it in my hands. I finished this book the next morning. Amazing how two men so different like Goering and Rencher were thrust together and becamse the best of friends. They literally had each other's back. Even during the war Goering remained a quiet man but he was able to connect with Rencher. I had a smile on my face when I read about the situation that started these two men's friendship. They had been out and both of them realizing that neither one had any money, so they double timed it all the way back to base just in time for 7:00 am roll call. Goering is a really good pilot. He watched out for his men. It is amazing how many missions that he and Rencher went out on and yet brought back all of their crew. Mr. Frater did a great job of protraying these men and the special bond they shared. I can imagine as time passed and the closer that Goering and Rencher got with each other, the harder it became for Rencher to spend any thought on the idea of killing Goering. However I don't blame Rencher for volunterring for the assignment of killing Goering if he had to. There was a war going on and desperate times called for desperate measures. Just like Goering, I was sad when he and Rencher were no longer polioting together. Hell Above Earth is an incredible story of two friends bond that is not to be missed. You have got to run and pick yourself up a copy of this book before it flies off the bookshelves! less

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