How deep is the airplane in Lake Mead?
300 feet
Since the aircraft was now at almost 300 feet below the surface (water levels fluctuated year to year) and that required special diving equipment and back-up systems.
Where is the bomber in Lake Mead?
The Lake Mead B-29 S/N 45-21847 on the tarmac at NOTS Inyokern in early 1947. The three planes assigned to the program were our Lake Mead B-29 847 and then a tail number 21850 and tail number 21857. This is a photograph of our plane that’s now at the bottom of Lake Mead sitting on the tarmac at Inyokern.
Were any B-29 bombers shot down?
B-29 gunners were credited with shooting down 27 enemy aircraft. In turn 78 B-29 were lost; 57 B-29 and reconnaissance variants were lost in action and 21 were non-combat losses. A total of 3,970 B-29s were built.
When did the Boeing B-29 crash in Lake Mead?
1948 Lake Mead Boeing B-29 crash. The 1948 Lake Mead Boeing B-29 crash occurred 21 July 1948 when a Boeing B-29-100-BW Superfortress, modified into an F-13 reconnaissance platform and performing atmospheric research, crashed into the waters of Lake Mead, Nevada, US.
Where did the B-29 take off from?
At 9:51 a.m. July 21, 1948, a B-29 Superfortress, weighing in at 104,556 pounds, took off from China Lake, California. It traveled to a test area near Lake Mead to conduct high-altitude atmospheric research.
Where was the bomber at the bottom of Lake Mead?
The World War II Bomber At The Bottom Of Lake Mead By Frani Halperin, H2O Radio In 1948, a World War II-era bomber crashed into Lake Mead, the massive reservoir formed by Hoover Dam that straddles the Arizona-Nevada border. After several failed attempts to locate the plane, it was finally discovered in the early 2000s—still remarkably intact.
What was the Sun tracker on Lake Mead?
Aboard the Lake Mead B-29 on July 21, 1948 was an instrument called the Sun Tracker. Project 288, as it was known, was charged with measuring the intensity of light at different altitudes, including infrared light.