Body Of WWII Airman Removed From Sierra Glacier

KTVU.com & AP ^ | October 20, 2005 | AP

[Domangart]

There are about 40 missing ww2 crew in the woods. The report had him wrapped around a rock with a question about legs. In this case the plane could be miles from the body. The records are at Maxwell AFB. One would hope there was some better ID left other than blond hair. The reporter that covered part of this was not able to deal with an intact body vs a high speed impact.

[somemoreequalthanothers]

I'm pretty well versed with the Mallory & Irvine story, but the guy I was referring to was some eccentric who dissappeared and his corpse got caught up in a glacier. Other climbers have reported seeing it at different places and times since. Mallory's body has been stationary, resting in the same spot he fell in 1924.

[somemoreequalthanothers]

Maurice Wilson - 1934.

[Bear_Slayer]

Anyway, it's within a National Park and they probably have rules, ya know.

Stillwater State Forest, in Montana, has a marked grave in it. I doubt anyone has been to it in years, but it is on a map.

The story is that 3 trappers were sneaking into the recently established Glacier Natl Park for unlimited, unhindered trapping. One of the three died in route and was buried in the Stillwater Forest. I went to find it once, with my wife, but we were chased off by a Grizzlie.

[Bear_Slayer]

Other climbers have reported seeing it at different places and times since. Mallory's body has been stationary, resting in the same spot he fell in 1924.

Many bodies remain on Everest and are seen regularly. The effort to get them out is tremendous and they are usually left as memorial to their efforts.

[sangoo]

They probably flew into the side of Mendel and tumbled to the glacier below.This is VERY steep terrain. As for crevasses, they are probably not an issue as the Mendel glacier is very small.

[Rockpile]

It's so frustrating dealing with any story that comes out of the Big News industry. They have the resources to come up with more information than does the average schmuck but usually just provide so very little.

I should add to my above post that the body should also have some rank insignia on it which should also help pin him down.

Most of the WWII flights will have some paper trail listing everyone aboard but sometimes you've got the extra unrecorded passenger.

Following the assumption that he's from the AT-7 crash---and not a different one--- I went to Joe Baugher's amazing website and tried to find the serial number/info with an AT-7 search but evidently Joe didn't have anything on this one

[mountainlyons]

I also think he would be proud of many things including our military and he would be saddened by the liberals and the efforts to tear America apart

[Domangart]

The article from the Sac Bee referred to to the Modesto Bee article of the period. About 1948 They found a engine number. They claim to have also recovered the entire crew or what was left of them. These people were sight seeing. We tend to view people of this era as primitive however they were anything but. The officer from the lab reported no paperwork with this person. For this person to be from the crash, he would have gone missing from Mather for ever without anyone noticing. He would have also exited the plane leaving the rest of the crew to be converted. I think we should wait for the lab to ID him. They are not willing to commit to any line today.

[SunkenCiv]

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