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"They don't know who he is. They felt that the 1942 plane that crashed while being flown to CHICO from Rancho Cordova (sacramento) might pose a problem. In 1947 they recovered the body parts of four people who crashed at speed into the hillside. This would make that a fifth person."

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I'm sure that this man will be identified. He's in the Army---probably wearing dogtags, has his wallet on him and likely has his name stenciled on his clothes. Could even have his logbook with him.

Possibly survived a crash and was trying to walk out. Maybe fell into a crevasse or just plain froze to death or maybe expired after a while from injuries. If he was killed in a crash outright and body expelled then there ought to be an airplane in the general vicinity.

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.

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.