Some 17,000 pilots trained at Glenview Naval Air Station outside of Chicago during the war. Two lakes passenger liners were converted into aircraft carriers for them to practice landings and takeoffs. Lake Michigan was used for this training because it was safe from enemy submarine attacks. Former President George H.W. Bush also trained here and had his plane crash into Lake Michigan.
Taras Lyssenko and A&T Recovery Co., out of Michigan, has pulled dozens of World War II planes out of the Lake Michigan depths over the years. Pilot error (they were learning after all) was part of the reason, plus, the planes they used were often not in good shape).
William Forbes said the ship pulled his plane's tail off as he went down, then ran over him.
All sunken planes still belong to the Navy
Lake Michigan is the perfect preservative for these planes, but quagga mussels are degrading the planes.
Forbes died in 2008 at the age of 85.
I Bet He Would Sure Have Liked to Have Been Around for His Plane Getting Pulled Out of the Water. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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