WWII Airman Found Frozen in Sierras Glacier

(Kings Canyon National Park, California) Two hikers found the frozen body of a WWII-era airman, still strapped in a parachute, at the 13,000-foot level of Mount Mendel. His plane is likely an AT-7 navigational training plane that crashed on November 18, 1942. The National Park Service and the military are attempting to identify the individual.

The recovery team chiseled ice for about six hours to free the body which was then taken to the Fresno County Coroner's Office.