WWII dive bomber recovered from Lake Michigan

There's a load of Nash automobiles in the lake... '29's I believe.

here's the story...

http://www.cdnn.info/news/industry/i050915.html

 

Very COOL! they pulled one out of Lake Murray in SC years ago... not sure if it was a bomber, but it was way cool!

 

Bob you know dang well you Alaskans consider Alaska a country unto it's self

 

That is so cool.
The Dauntless is one of my favorite war birds. Glad they brought up another one. They are pretty rare.
Like the news story said, it was one plane that actually did turn the tide of the war in the Pacific. They sunk 3 Japanese carriers and severly damaged a forth at Midway in a period of just a few minutes. We built some great machines during WW 2.

 

Hey Joe... this all happened after extensive time in a "Links" simulator... still have to put down a "Disabled" bird somewhere!

Mike... thanks for the News Link!

And I like this comment for a brief history lesson!


Rich on April 24, 2009 4:12 PM

Nearly 100 isn't a "crazy number of airplanes" if you bear in mind that this includes accidents, and planes that were simply pushed over the side. Chicago's 2 WWII carriers (Sable and Wolverine) were roughly converted paddle wheelers. They were basically just floating decks, with no significant storage or repair capabilities. When aircraft developed mechanical trouble, and couldn't be launched, they would often be jettisoned, in order to clear deck space and let flight operations continue.

Many more aircraft are in that Lake however... I've understood that most weren't recovered because The aircraft is still considered NAVY property and they can reclaim it after it is salvaged... plus when the NAVY mapped out the Wrecks... they deemed the area where they "rest" as Government property as well.

This posed a problem for treasure hunters...

The first reason would be for the penalty of tresp***ing on Government property and the next would cons***ute "Stealing" Government property!

Again I could be wrong... but "IF" the wreck was "Not" mapped out or was "Not" discovered previously... it could be salvaged!

But those are big "IF's"...!

Amazing condition compared to this P-38

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=648257&d=1240808193

 

I'm enrolling in Scuba Diving lessons tomorrow.

 

Exciting! Another SBD found. Doesnt she look so beautiful!

 

Wingnutz, I didnt know this. Thanks for sharing!

 

Its wonderful to see this B-17 is out of the swap and working her way home. I have been following this plane for some time off and on. She looks great on the pier. Breath taking!

 

Another one fights the rust..............

 

In a similar vein, they've just discoverd the remains of a Vietnam war era Canberra bomber that crashed in jungle near the Laos border. There's not much of the plane left, but the two flyboys on board at the time are Australia's last MIA's from the Vietnam War, so they're hoping to be able to recover remains to bring some closure to those families.

Cheers, Glen.

 

That's great! It should only take someone about 2 seconds to tell that's an SBD. I love seeing stuff like this.

 

Very cool

 

Douglas for sure. In one section, you can clearly see the airbrakes. I sent this to Gramps. He's a W.W.II vet, fought in Leyte Gulf, first in a PBY Catalina, then a Martin PBM, pulling pilots outta the drink.
Good comment on that vet they showed. Most young ones have not a clue what happened back then. My two girls get the best history lesson for free, once a week or so when they visit with their great granddad! He has quite a few pictures, taken with a brownie box (?) camera from back then. So, at least my daughters can remember what a real world war was like through real photographs..

 

[QUOTE Most young ones have not a clue what happened back then. My two girls get the best history lesson for free, once a week or so when they visit with their great granddad! He has quite a few pictures, taken with a brownie box (?) camera from back then. So, at least my daughters can remember what a real world war was like through real photographs..[/QUOTE]

Well done man - shame there arent more like you !!

Rat

 

Mike that's some pretty cool uh stuff. Don't know about the seat but a pair of the canopies would be cool to own.

I wonder if the pilot was as well preserved as the plane.

 

Great part of history here. Thanks for the pics and link

 

i would dig the canopy just to sit in and make vroom vroom , boom boom noises!

 

Cool stuff, thanks for posting. That goes right along w/ hot rods in my opinion.

 

I like that stuff

 

Now that's true American history.... you can't get that out of a school book.

 

Yeah that meant a lot to me too. Thanks for the post.
My dad made Helldivers during WWII. He had a bad foot so they wouldnt take him in the military. Instead he stood on his feet for 12 and 14 hours a day, 6 and sometimes 7 days a week making airplanes at Curtiss Wright!!!

Curtiss Helldiver, SB2C - fondly known by Navy guys as a son of a ***** 2nd cl***!!!On the Lexington, Hornet, Yorktown....

 

Thanks Zenordude!

 

This thread brought back a memory of a B-25 that crashed in Lake Greenwood in South Carolina while on a training mission,,the pilot was flying low looking at some ******* sunbathing beautys and cliped a wing.

I did a search and found the information,,,it was brought up in 83 and being restored,,,the story,, HRP

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/AWA1/101-200/walk125_B-25/walk125.htm

 

Thats great to see they saved another one. It sounds like there's plenty of work in that neck of the woods. Thats such a great looking aircraft.

 

Wow! Talk about "Barnacle Bill!"

It's amazing how good people are getting at resurrecting stuff folks wouldn't even sneeze at in the past.

 

The wonders that deep and cold FRESH water does in preservation! If that had been in an atoll somewhere in the salty ocean, you'd have a hard time ID'ing the thing as an aircraft!

Another amazing fresh-water warbird recovery, this one, a B-29 from Lake Mead!
http://www.inde****onsulting.com/B29/B29Lost.htm

 

Over here dropped & still intact WW II bombs are still being found every day. In the bush, on new building sites, in the fields. Full time work for the bomb squad experts.

 

Thanks for the phtot of an intact SBD. When one looks at the photo of the recovered airframe, one can see how impact with the water caused the wings to twist.