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 Post subject: Re: B-29 in Lake Mead
PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2022 10:26 am 
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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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 Post subject: Re: B-29 in Lake Mead
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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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 Post subject: Re: B-29 in Lake Mead
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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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 Post subject: Re: B-29 in Lake Mead
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Thanks for posting that article, good stuff.

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