Reading a book , Title is A Higher Call, it's about 2 World War 2 fighter pilots 1 American, 1 German, the German sees a B17 severely crippled barely flying and he is an Honorable man and flys escort protecting the American, the American name is Charlie Brown, the American makes it back and no one knows the story but the 2 of them, here's what the title of this thread relates too, German pilot flew with his pipe in his mouth, he takes a 50cal hit thru his windshield, explodes the bowl and he gets back with the stem in his mouth, bad cut on chin but hangs on to the stem. What A Man, Good Book, ending is so good. The old cajun