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Boeing B-29-100-BW Superfortress
MSN 13737/13766
21846 to B-29F electronic reconnaissance aircraft used in Arctic conditions
21847 to B-29F electronic reconnaissance aircraft used in Arctic conditions.  Crashed into Lake Mead, 
NV during research flight July 21, 1948.  Crew of 5
was able to scramble away before the plane sank.  Has been located by
sonar in 170 feet of water.  Largely intact except for 3 missing engines.  The
flight was for a secret missile guidance system that allowed navigation
by tracking of the Sun.  A low pass over calm water with pilot error
put it into the lake.
21848 (F-13) to B-29F electronic reconnaissance aircraft used in Arctic conditions. With Alaska Air Comand 1946-47.  
With 46th RS, crashed shortly after takeoff from Ladd Field, Alaska May 29, 1947.  9 crew injured, 3 missing. 
21853 converted to B-29F.  Crashed Dec 12, 1946 at Ladd Field.
21856 to B-29F electronic reconnaissance aircraft used in Arctic conditions.
21857 (MSN 13751) modified to EB-29 status for upper atmosphere research.  Assigned to Armatile Field, Inyokern, California
(China Lake NAS).  Suffered onboard fire Nov 4, 1949 in rear compartment.  Surveyed Jan 5, 1950.
21859 to B-29F electronic reconnaissance aircraft used in Arctic conditions.
21866 (3150th Electronics Squadron) crashed 2 mi S of Waycross, GA after taking off from 
Robins AFB Oct 6, 1948.  9 killed, 4 parachuted to safety.  
21867 (last B-29 to be delivered) converted to WB-29.  Crashed (58th SRS, Weather) Sep 25, 1953 near
Eielson AFB, Alaska.

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