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| FINAL FLIGHT is the story of William Gamber, John Melvin Mortenson, Ernest Glenn Munn, and Leo Mustonen. They were a United States Army Air Forces pilot and three aviation cadets lost in Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks on November 18, 1942 during a navigation training mission. | |
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Personal appearances include a book reading, slide show, and videos. Each presentation concludes with questions. Audiences members are encouraged to relate their own stories or family histories of World War II. |
Personal Appearances November 18, 2010 {Thursday} - Ravenna Third Place Books. 6504 20th Avenue NE, Seattle WA 98115. [7PM]. 206.525.2347. Get Directions November 11, 2010 {Thursday} [Veteran's Day] - University Books. 1319 4th Avenue Seattle, WA 98101. [7 PM] 206.685.9920. Get Directions November 10, 2010 {Wednesday} - Village Books. 1200 11th St. Bellingham, WA 98225. [7 PM]. 360.733.1599. Get directions November 1, 2010 {Monday} Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing. 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. Beaverton, OR 97005. [7 PM]. 503-228-4651. Get Directions or Get Directions October 21, 2010 {THursday} - Alki Community Council monthly meeting. Alki UCC Church, 6115 SW Hinds St. Seattle, WA. [7 PM]. Get Directions October 5, 2010 {Tuesday} - University Press Books. 2430 Bancroft Way. Berkeley CA. [6PM] 510.548.0585. Get Directions October 3, 2010 {Sunday} - The Avid Reader at The Tower. 1600 Broadway. Sacramento, CA 95818. [4 PM]. 916.441.4400. Get directions October 2, 2010 {Saturday} - The Avid Reader. 617 Second Street. Davis, CA 95616. [7:30 PM]. 530.758.4040. Get directions September 25, 2010 {Saturday} - Spellbinder Books. 124 S. Main Street. Bishop, CA. 93514 [6-8 PM] 760.873.4511. spellbinderbooks@verizon.net. Get directions September 18, 2010 {Saturday} - Grassroots Bookstore. 227 Southwest 2nd Street. Corvallis, OR 97333-4633 [3 PM]. (541) 754-7668. Get directions
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October 2005, two mountaineers climbing above Mendel Glacier in the High
Sierra found the mummified remains of a man in a WW II 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? Stekel found bad weather, bad luck, and bad timing. Empty graves, botched records, and misguided recovery efforts. Then, in 2007, the unimaginable happened again. Stekel himself discovered a second body in the glacier. Another young man would finally be coming home. |
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Contact peter[@]FinalFlightTheBook.com This website is © 2010 by Peter Stekel, All Rights Reserved. This page revised: September 08, 2010 |
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