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| Location Lake Washington is located to the north of Seattle in Washington State in the United States. Wartime History During World War II and the Korean War, many aircraft on training missions ditched into Lake Washington. Sand Point Naval Air Station (NAS Sand Point) Built prewar, located on a peninsula on Lake Washington used for crew training during World War II. FG-1D Corsair Bureau Number 88382 Ditched into the lake in 1950, recovered and restored and displayed at the Museum of Flight. FG-1A Corsair Bureau Number 87833 Ditched into the lake in 1949, recovered and under restored at Precision Aerospace. PB4Y-2 Privateeer 59695 Crashed into Lake Washington near Seattle, WA after taking off from NAS Sand Point with flaps retracted on August 26, 1956. PBM-5 Mariner Bureau Number 59172 On May 6, 1949 while being ferried across Lake Washington from NAS Seattle to Boeing seaplane ramp, where it was intended to be placed in storage. Collided with underwater obstruction, capsized, and sank. Crew escaped unharmed. FG-1D Corsair 88368 Recovered, displayed at at Patriot's Point, SC. F4U-1D Corsair 82640 (?) Ditched into Lake Washington. PV-2 Harpoon (?) Ditched into Lake Washington. A-25 (?) Ditched into Lake Washington. DC-6 (?) Ditched into Lake Washington. Contribute
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