Aviation Training Accidents in South Carolina-- Part 2

Two of the planes were destroyed and remain on the lake bottom in 150 feet of mud. Two other bombers and the seaplane were salvaged.

The recovered B-25 is the third oldest of 130 B-25s remaining of the 9,800 produced. It sank in the lake after the crew landed on the water after an engine lost power in April 1943. The crew escaped unharmed. These bombers cost $150,000 each.

Lake Murray was an ideal training site because of its large size and many deserted islands. From 1942 to 1945, thousands of flight hour time were logged. Crews learned how to properly deliver a bomb to a target. The lake itself was formed when an earthen dam was built in 1927.

Something Most People Today Don't Know. --GreGen