The Man Who Flew the Amerika Bomber

The Man Who Flew the Amerika Bomber is a military-historical thriller based on actual events of World War II as experienced by a progressively disillusioned Luftwaffe pilot. The action moves across the entire landscape of the war in Europe relating the experiences of Max von Waldberg an aristocratic Austrian aviator drafted to fly for Germany after the Nazis annexed Austria.Treachery mystery intrigue and romance combine in a suspense-filled reading experience that will appeal to World War II aficionados readers of historical fiction and those who enjoy tales of spy craft and espionage.The Spanish Civil War the conquests of Poland and France the Battle of Britain and desperate German attempts to support surrounded troops at Stalingrad are intertwined with a compelling love story. The reader flies with Max as it becomes clear to him that the pernicious Nazi myth of superiority is false and he must come to terms with things he has done in the name of an evil regime. Finally Max rebels against his superiors and therein lies the tale.A few miles from the picturesque Owls Head lighthouse on the rugged coast of Maine a persistent local rumor has it that an experimental German bomber lies deep in the ocean at the bottom of Penobscot Bay. Is that aircraft out there or is it not? If it is how did it get there? This novel proposes an imagined answer.