Local news reported tonight that a B-29 that crashed into Lake Mead in 1948 has been discovered. They would not disclose the exact location of the aircraft, but they did say it was in the Overton arm of the lake.

I did a search of the Internet and found this information about the aircraft.

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BOEING B-29 SUPERFORTRESS NEEDS A LIFT. The "Beetle Bomb," a B-29 bomber situated in 250 feet of water at the bottom of Lake Mead in Nevada, needs to be recovered prior to 21 July 1998; otherwise it will become part of Lake Mead National Park and will then be untouchable. The plane crashed into the lake in 1948 with a crew of five Army Air Corps members and a civilian scientist. They were on a joint Army-Navy mission to measure gamma rays and radiation from the sun in the upper atmosphere. One of the plane's four engines caught fire, forcing the pilot to ditch it into the lake south of Echo Bay. As the plane hit the water, it bounced about 200 feet into the air and then came back down. There was no loss of life and only one person was injured. The location was marked by the crew. The former mayor of North Las Vegas and some of his dive buddies, using a remote operated vehicle (ROV), similar to the one that found the Titanic, located the plane. The plane can be raised with lift bags. Nearby is a PBY in approximately 100 feet of water. (The National Park allows salvaging of planes and boats in the lake. A $100 fee is required.) -- Posted: 3/15/98

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The Internet article says that it went down South of Echo Bay, which is in the Overton arm of the lake. I hope to find more accurate information on the location of the crash site. I'd like to cruise over it and map it on my own sonar.

Interesting story Ralph, amazing the crew made it!

I was surprised they all got out alive too. They interviewed one of the survivors of that crash on the news. He's obviously aged since that incident 54 years ago, but in good looking spape for his age.