Crewman’s body, believed from Beech AT-7 navigation trainer, emerges from Californian glacier. This aircraft, 41-21079, went missing in the area on 18 Nov 1942, based Mather Field. The other four bodies were found by climbers in 1947. Google Sierra Nevada for more details. An honoured grave for him at last.
By: Newforest - 27th March 2006 at 19:39
Just saw a very short story about this on ABC news. Anyone know more details?
Peter
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Lost WWII aviator buried in Minnesota
BRAINERD, Minn., March 25 (UPI) — Sixty-three years after his airplane crashed in the California mountains, aviation cadet Leo Mustonen was buried next to his parents Minnesota.
Mustonen’s military plane crashed on Nov. 18, 1942 in the Sierra Nevada — but the 22-year-old’s body was never found.
That is until October when a hiker came across a body preserved in ice, Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Forensic experts in Hawaii identified the body’s DNA as Mustonen.
On Friday, Mustonen was buried in Brainerd, Minn., while family members who never even knew him accepted his military honors and heard stories from those who did.
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By: Bager1968 - 21st October 2005 at 10:44
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By: PeterW - 21st October 2005 at 02:17
Just saw a very short story about this on ABC news. Anyone know more details?
Peter
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October 20, 2005 at 8:41 pm