What the records say
- When
- 21 Jul 1948
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 39.00° N, 117.00° W
- Deaths
- 0
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1948 Lake Mead Boeing B-29 crash
United States historic place
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. Listed as a National Register of Historic Places site, the wreckage is around 100 feet underwater.
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