B-29 in Lake Mead

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bdk
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Re: B-29 in Lake Mead

Tue Aug 02, 2022 10:26 am

Chris Brame wrote:
airnutz wrote: Then there's the BT-13 in 194?, out of gas, that set down in the deep near Hoover Dam....and no tellin' what else...

BT-13 40-841, on August 11, 1940; sadly this was a fatal...


Is this the mysterious sunken Thunderbolt the dive sites used to talk about?
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Re: B-29 in Lake Mead

Wed Aug 03, 2022 3:36 pm

Judging from the NPS website for Lake Mead, they consider the B-29 to be theirs and a valuable attraction for organized dives.

Bet they don't want it removed.
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Re: B-29 in Lake Mead

Wed Aug 03, 2022 7:23 pm

Chris Brame wrote:BT-13 40-841, on August 11, 1940; sadly this was a fatal:

More with a photo; couldn't find any reference to Lt. Wernberg's body being recovered.
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Re: B-29 in Lake Mead

Thu Aug 04, 2022 10:00 pm

Thanks for posting that article, good stuff.
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