Week 23, 2021

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A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry by Adam MakosAdam Makos
December, 1943: A badly damaged American bomber struggles to fly over wartime Germany. At the controls is twenty-one-year-old Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown. Half his crew lay wounded or dead on this, their first mission. Suddenly, a Messerschmitt fighter pulls up on the bomber’s tail. The pilot is German ace Franz Stigler—and he can destroy the young American crew with the squeeze of a trigger...

It was Sabaton who introduced me to the story of Franz Stigler and Charlie Brown with their song “No Bullets Fly” (Animated story video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dslO-3GgenY).

I was exposed to stories about the mighty B17 thanks to MicroProse with their title B-17 Flying Fortress (1992) early so my interest was easily triggered and I was delighted to find out that there is a book about this war story, that apparently really happened.

Got some more info from the Sabaton History channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSU7HedRVGY) and purchased the book A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry.

The story and the aftermath, that are still happening today, really touched me. There is also the fact to read about this fascinating story written by the American Adam Mankos, who in the beginning didn’t care about the point of view of an former enemy, a German, at all, bringing this event after much research to paper: https://adammakos.com/a-higher-call-book.html

Read it. Or listen to the audio book. This may surprise you.

Blogging as a by-product by Jan-Lukas ElseJan-Lukas Else (jlelse.blog)
Zan in his recent article with tips on blogging: Some people blog just to blog, but I find that the most interesting blogs are the ones where blogging is just a tool of capture. You should start a new hobby or improve your current skills and blog about them. Blogging should be a by-product of an act...

Depends on the scope, I guess. Mine is like yours too. It’s like a public diary that may be of use for others but it’s primary for myself.

It’s perfectly valid to go for a more themed approach e.g. for establishing a brand or community.

As long as there is a feed I’m happy 😅

Vaxed and Waxed by @edent (shkspr.mobi)
Nine weeks ago, I got my first does of the AZ vaccine. Yesterday, I received my second. Despite all the dire warnings of overloaded websites and limited slots, the booking process was boringly anticlimactic. I entered my NHS number, date of birth, postcode - and was then given a choice of locations....
Lei parla inglese? by Matthias PfefferleMatthias Pfefferle (notiz.blog)
In deutsch zu bloggen war eine bewusste Entscheidung! Der Austausch über das „open, portable, interoperable, social, synaptic, semantic, structured, distributed, (re-)decentralized, independent, microformatted und federated social web“ findet hauptsächlich in englischer Sprache statt, und mir ...