The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident occurred on 20 December 1943, when, after a successful bomb run on Bremen, 2nd Lt. Charles "Charlie" Brown's B-17F Flying Fortress Ye Olde Pub of the United States Army Air Forces See more

The mission of 20 December 1943 was the Ye Olde Pub crew's first and targeted the Focke-Wulf 190 aircraft production facility in Bremen. The men of the 527th BS were informed in a pre-mission briefing that they might encounter hundreds of German fighters. … See more

• Makos, Adam; Alexander, Larry (2012). A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II (1st ed.). New York: Berkley Caliber. See more

• Video of Franz Stigler and Charlie Brown discussing their encounter during their first reunion on YouTube
• The Stigler-Brown Incident Animation on YouTube (9 April 2022)
• Music video retelling the story on YouTube See more

Charles Lester Brown (24 October 1922 – 24 November 2008) was a B-17 pilot with the 527th Bombardment Squadron of the 379th Bombardment … See more

After the war, Brown returned home to West Virginia and went to college, returning to the newly established U.S. Air Force in 1949 and serving until 1965. Later, as a See more

• Frisbee, John L. (1 January 1997). "Valor: When an Enemy Was a Friend". Air Force Magazine. Retrieved 22 November 2022 – via … See more