Beneath haunted waters: the tragic tale of two B-24s lost in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during World War II

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Discovery in a High Sierra lake -- The reporters -- The divers -- One of our airplanes is missing -- Another of our airplanes is missing -- The phantom rider -- Training for war -- Not exactly a death trap -- Finding the Hammer Field boys' Exterminator's crew -- Finding the Hammer Field boys'463's crew -- The plane in the lake -- The searchers -- What they faced -- Accidents: why there were so many -- Some were unlucky -- Epilogue.;Beneath Haunted Waters is a story of the crews from two B-24 Liberator bombers that disappeared in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains in early December, 1943. One plane wasn't found until 1955, at the bottom of a reservoir. The other plane was discovered in 1960 at the bottom of a lake, high in the mountains. Concerning this second B-24, the co-pilot's father had died the previous year after dedicating his life to searching for his son. He missed the crash site by only ten miles. This isn't the story of movers and shakers and grand designs. It's the story of regular boys - they called young. Discovery in a High Sierra lake -- The reporters -- The divers -- One of our airplanes is missing -- Another of our airplanes is missing -- The phantom rider -- Training for war -- Not exactly a death trap -- Finding the Hammer Field boys' Exterminator's crew -- Finding the Hammer Field boys'463's crew -- The plane in the lake -- The searchers -- What they faced -- Accidents: why there were so many -- Some were unlucky -- Epilogue.