Final flight the mystery of a WWII plane crash and the frozen airmen in the High Sierra
"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...
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Berkeley, CA :
Wilderness Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West,
2010.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Final flight : |b the mystery of a WWII plane crash and the frozen airmen in the High Sierra / |c Peter Stekel. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a Berkeley, CA : |b Wilderness Press : |b Distributed by Publishers Group West, |c 2010. | ||
| 300 | |a xi, 236 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations, maps ; |c 21 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-230). | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
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