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Final flight : the mystery of a WWII plane crash and the frozen airmen in the High Sierra
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"In October 2005, two mountaineers climbing above Mendel Glacier in the High Sierra found the mummified remains of a man in a WWII uniform, entombed in the ice. The "Frozen Airman" discovery create...
"In October 2005, two mountaineers climbing above Mendel Glacier in the High Sierra found the mummified remains of a man in a WWII uniform, entombed in the ice. The "Frozen Airman" discovery created a media storm and a mystery that drew author Peter Stekel to investigate. What did happen to the four-man crew who perished on a routine navigation training flight in 1942, 150 miles off-course from its reported destination?..."--P. 4 of cover.
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- Creator
- Peter Stekel
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- Language
- English
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- First edition
- Berkeley, CA : Wilderness Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2010
- Physical Details
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- xi, 236 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780899974750, 0899974759
- OCLC
- ocn515412059
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-230).
- A body in the glacier -- Home from the mountain -- Who is the frozen airman? -- The more I know, the less I know -- Playing detective -- First discovery : 1947 -- What was recovered : 1948 -- The frozen airman is identified -- The frozen airman is not alone : August 2007 -- My report -- On the trail of the second airman -- Understanding the Beech 18 at-7 Navigator -- The boys -- Their training -- They weren't the only ones -- It rained cats and dogs all day -- Carried by flight : a scenario for disaster -- East to West : a more probable scenario -- Please remember me
Subjects
- United States. Army Air Forces -- History.
- Aircraft accidents -- Investigation -- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- 20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Missing in action -- United States.
- Missing persons -- Investigation -- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
- Airmen -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Beechcraft 18 (Airplanes)