The Flight Of Peto's Key

<p>n 1944 a C-47 transport plane nicknamed <em>Peto's Key</em> vanishes while flying The Hump the dangerous World War II air route over the Himalayas. Aboard are five men from different corners of America bound together by duty and the shared hope of making it home. When mechanical failure and brutal weather force them down into the Burmese jungle survival depends on trust ingenuity and the bonds forged in the sky.</p><p>Decades later the wreck of <em>Peto's Key</em> is discovered and restored reopening a story long buried by time. When the aircraft is brought back to the United States for exhibition the surviving members of the crew-now old men scattered by life-are drawn together once more. What begins as a tribute becomes a final reckoning with memory loss and unfinished business.</p><p>Spanning wartime Asia and Northern Michigan <em>The Flight of Peto's Key</em> is a moving story of brotherhood endurance and the lasting imprint of war. Meticulously researched and emotionally grounded it honors the airmen who flew the war's most dangerous missions-and the courage it takes to answer the call of the sky one last time.</p><p>It's <em>Band of Brothers</em> meets <em>Cocoon</em> with a touch of <em>The Great Escape</em>.</p><p></p>