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Originally Posted by Diver1111
Further research has turned up the following shots taken by an airman from his big bird-and done on a practice run over a "Lake Washington"-so yes, they did practice over lakes. Makes Winnipesaukee an even more promising site for my search. http://members.peak.org/~mikey/746/boat.htm
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There's a
Lake Washington a short flight to a WWII B-17 airfield located at present-day Sebring International Airport, Florida. (Named for Henry Washington, the surveyor!)
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Originally Posted by Diver1111
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Scroll to 1:21, and you'll see the dropped lifeboat sailing on a lake that looks suspiciously like Lake Winnipesaukee!
(Though I don't recognize the hills and mountains in the film).
Lifeboats were also dropped from Coast Guard PBYs—a likely source, being inland.
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