Here's that map and you can see the location appears to be on the AZ side, directly across from modern day Havasu Landing. I also cropped it and blew up that section. Oddly, this map doesn't show Aubrey down by the Bill Williams River, probably because it had already been abandoned by 1886 ??Liverpool Landing, Arizona - Wikipedia
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That AP article states “There were no major artifacts, such as planes or boats,” Wilson said.Find out what lies beneath Lake Havasu during Wednesday's lecture
Lake Havasu is an 80 year-old reservoir fed by the Colorado River. It covers 19,300 acres with an average depth of 35 feet. At its deepest points, however, it is some 90 feet deep. There are...apnews.com
IIRC the only verified military aircraft accidents near LH are the F16C at KHII in 2021, F104 near Cherry Tree in 1969, and the B25 near Crossmen in 1945. The USAF cleaned the F104 site (only small bits left) and there were still large remnants of the B25 in the late 1960s.That AP article states “There were no major artifacts, such as planes or boats,” Wilson said.
Well that's odd since there's pictures of a few that divers have taken, even a short documentary of a scuba expedition and the artifacts they found and explored.
Just think of all the prop strikes on fish that could be avoided if the mouth of the river was dredged. #fishlivesmatter
I thought (could be wrong) the loading points for the mining ore was their eventual destination and Pittsburgh Flats was a loading point? Isn't there some wooden structure underwater near the original flow off the Nautical?What is it you're trying to find in regards to Pittsburgh Flats ? Wasn't that just referring to the terrain being level ?
That Lake Havasu dive movie I mentioned was loaned to me by my neighbor. Been over 20 years since I viewed it, I'm guessing it was probably that sunken Steam Boat they'd filmed that I saw. The airplane wreck was the one (B-29 ?) under Mead they dove and filmed.
The place that's been searched for and never found was this one.
According to News-Herald archives, a Pursuit P-40 crashed on Aug. 4, 1943, between Site Six and what is now Havasu Landing. Flames were extending back to the cockpit as it filled with smoke. The pilot, identified as Glen D. Benson in a report by the Army Air Force, escaped by parachute without injury. He wrote in his report: “After the parachute opened, I attempted to steer for land but was unable to guide the parachute. When I saw I was going to land in the Colorado River, I pulled off my shoes and unbuckled my parachute then dived out of the parachute when I was approximately 15 or 20 feet from the surface.
“After swimming about 10 minutes a motorboat from Site Six approached and picked me up.”
The plane, downed by engine failure, sank a complete wreck. It was there when Site Six ended its relationship with the U.S. Army in 1945, and is still somewhere beneath the lake surface.
There’s another mystery as well: Lake Havasu holds the wreck of a war surplus North American AT-6C single engine fighter which went down in the lake on Jan. 2, 1960, taking the lives of two duck hunters — both brothers from San Bernardino, California. It’s thought the carburetor froze up; the bodies were recovered but the plane has yet to be found.
All I ever found diving that lake has been barrels, old tires and beer cans.
I loved the Prowlers.
No idea what's off there ?? I find these historical yarns about Havasu are hard to substantiate. Old Colorado River landing or port names are hard to find on most any maps. Even then the exact locations are rather sketchy.
--- OH and if I'm lucky, my own anchor !!!
Think of all the money that would be lost by the boatctow company's if they did that.
There's quite a few of the cage type habitats out there. There were 2 by the Islander and a few down by the SpringsYes, it is a fish habitat. The plane will sit 17' below the water at it's tail and 21' at the cockpit. The article said there are lots of man-made fish habitats in the lake, but many of them have deteriorated over the years and they are actively trying to clean some of them up....and create new ones as well. Said that divers would reattach the wings once the plane settles on the bottom. They had to decontaminate everything on land before it was floated on air bags and towed to the final resting place. The bags were then deflated and down it goes.
....and yes, all of these things freak me out underwater.
Of all the planes to launch off the carrier those fuckers were the worst. The exhaust nozzles face downward and would blow chunks of nonskid in your face if you did not turn around fast enough. Worked on both the A6e and EA6b in VX5 in the 90's. then deployed on the Kitty Hawk twice in VFA-97 and the A6 squadron was VA 52 i think. I was a white shirt troubleshooter on the flight deck. Fun shit, all the action. I really miss that part of it but not the rest.
So it’s not like the river where you jump in the water to cool off and then jump back in the boat?
Not trying to thread crap but some of you can relate to this along with me.......
I don’t swim at night anymore.
