The story I heard was that it had been used for chemical weapons testing and that it had been sitting there to eventually decontaminate.  Once it was deemed decontaminated it was given to the Hill AFB Museum.  That is the story I was told at the museum shortly after it arrived. ________________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 9:54 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] B-29 At HAFB Hi Kay, Since you work with it could you confirm if it is the B-29 that sat off the runway at Michael for years and if it was kept there for so long because it was radioactive? And, if that is the true story, how did it acquire the radioactivity in the first place? Thanks, patrick On 08 Feb 2012, at 20:56, n7kh@juno.com wrote:

Interesting on the B-29, it is named "Haggerty's Hag"... but was not the original "Haggerty's Hag", as the original did not survive WW II.  We are next in line to get all of the restoration equipment that was used to restore the Enola Gay... so anyone wanting to get up close and personal with the Super Fort... come join us. Kay Hargis, Docent, HAFB Aerospace Museum, Docent, Browning Gun Museum

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