Final flight
Subtitle: the mystery of a WWII plane crash and the frozen airmen in the High Sierra
By: Peter Stekel.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Wilderness Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780899974750
Subjects: Aircraft accidents -- Investigation -- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.); 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)
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A body in the glacier; title: Home from the mountain; title: Who is the frozen airman?; title: The more I know, the less I know; title: Playing detective; title: First discovery : 1947; title: What was recovered : 1948; title: The frozen airman is identified; title: The frozen airman is not alone : August 2007; title: My report; title: On the trail of the second airman; title: Understanding the Beech 18 at-7 Navigator; title: The boys; title: Their training; title: They weren't the only ones; title: It rained cats and dogs all day; title: Carried by flight : a scenario for disaster; title: East to West : a more probable scenario; title: Please remember me.