Sunken B-29 Fortress On Eielson Afb, Ak

Located southeast of Fairbanks, together with simply due northward of the base, beyond the stop of the long runway, an iconic spell of U.S. of America of A. of America Air Force history lies abandoned inward a flooded gravel pit. The object inward research is a mighty Boeing B-29 Superfortress, which over the years has garnered the moniker ‘Lady of the Lake’. The conventional wisdom was it was intentionally placed at that topographic indicate for H2O rescue training. Waid estimates it was in all probability placed sometime between 1954 together with 1956. The abandoned World War Two aircraft, which is submerged inward an artificial pond at the side of Transmitter Road, has been a well-known landmark at Eielson AFB for more than than lx years. But a recent underwater survey of the wreck uncovered its identity, confirming long-circulating rumours that the Lady of the Lake was an aircraft of historic significance. In August 2014 the Daily News-Miner spoke with base of operati...