Ernest Glenn Munn

Ernest Glenn Munn

Ernest Glenn Munn was World War II United States Army Air Forces aviation cadet who was reported missing after a plane crash on November 18, 1942. His body was found in August, 2007 on the surface of the Mendel Glacier in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks in California.

Munn's aircraft, a Beech 18 AT-7 Navigator #41-21079 was based at Mather Field in Sacramento, CA. It was on a navigation training mission when it disappeared. It was piloted by 2nd Lt. William Gamber. Other crew members included Cadets John M. Mortenson and Leo Mustonen.

In 1947, four UC Berkeley students found the wreck. Bill Bond, one of the students, guided an Air-Sea recovery team from Hamilton Field in Marin County, CA to the wreck site in late September, 1947. Engine identification tags confirmed that the plane wreckage belonged to #41-21079. No bodies were recovered.

In 1948, a team of soldiers from Fort Lewis in Washington, led by Captain Roy F. Sulzbacher, from the Presidio in San Francisco returned to the glacier but were also unable to recover any remains.

In August, 2007 his frozen body was found in the area of the wreck by Peter Stekel, an author conducting research for a book he was writing about the missing airplane.

Munn's funeral was held on May 17th, 2008 and he was buried in the family plot in Holly Memorial Gardens in Pleasant Grove, Ohio. This plot overlooks the former gas station which was one of the places where he grew up and also overlooks the current home of his sister, Jeannie Pyle. It also overlooks the long-time home of his parents, Joe and Sadie ("Mamee") Munn.

Surviving are all three of his sisters, Sara Zeyer of Adena, OH. Jeannie Pyle of Pleasant Grove, OH and Lois ("Peg") Shriver from Pittsburgh, PA plus numerous nephews and nieces and their families.

External links

[http://www.finalflightthebook.com Final Flight - the book ] at www.finalflightthebook.comhttp://finalflightthebook.com/Final_Flight_bog_home.htm


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