 All of its crewmen were able to abandon the plane and were picked up by local fishermen as the plane sank to the bottom in about 100 feet of water.The starboard engine was ripped off in the crash and landed elsewhere, but it was also recovered by divers in 2005.During the war, Air Force records indicate that 23 B-25s crashed into the lake during training missions, many at night with very inexperienced crews.