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 hap...
| Main Author: | Stekel, Peter (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley, CA :
Wilderness Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West,
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.