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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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The Final Flight Story I've been hiking and mountaineering in Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks ever since I first came to the Sierra in 1965 as a 12 year-old boy scout. More than any other place I've lived, I've always considered the parks to be my home. After discovering the remains of Glenn Munn in August, 2007 I became deeply involved in trying to understand what caused the crash of the Beech 18 AT-7 that killed him and three others in November, 1942. These four men were not movers and shakers or shapers of history - they were regular folks: the people who fight wars, make sacrifices, and return home to resume lives disjointed by conflict. I feel it is fitting that their story be told. |
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FINAL FLIGHT, coming from Wilderness Press in 2010 contact peter[at]FinalFlightTheBook.com This website is © 2009 by Peter Stekel, All Rights Reserved. This page revised: February 01, 2010 |
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