Lady of the Lake: The Sunken B-29 Superfortress of Eielson AFB

Great Piece... thanks for the Urban Legend...

..."... For years, it’s been widely held that Eielson’s last Superfortress was dragged to the its watery resting place in the 1950s for use in aircrew evacuation drills. But its role as a crash rescue trainer eventually came to an end when the airframe sank deeper into the mud, becoming dangerous. After that, the enigmatic B-29 was abandoned where it lay.

However, a recent underwater survey has unearthed details about the plane leading to its exact identity, and it turns out to have quite an interesting history. You'll want to read that story, and see more pictures of the Lady of the Lake at Urban Ghosts. ..."...

Last week I drove by an abandoned airfield in southwest Nebraska called McCook Army Air Field. There is a small group of individuals trying to save the remaining hangars and hope to make it into a museum someday. The individual I spoke with just happened to bring up "Lady of The Lake". They would like to retrieve this airframe and restore it to put inside one of the hangars after the airfield gets a facelift. I could see this task being very difficult but I hope they pursue it for the sake of the B-29.

Interesting story. It's a shame such airframes are just junked like this. I'm sure some aviation restoration company or rich collector would have paid to have the aircraft.