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Tail number: 44-62214 USAF
Construction date: [lost]
Model: WB-29 Superfortress
Initially constructed as a B29-A70-BN, c/n 11691
- September 5, 1945 - Put into operation with the United States Army Air Force
- October 1945 - Transferred to Chico Army Airfield, California
- [date unknown] - Transferred to 375th Reconnaissance Squadron (Very Long Range) Weather, Ladd Field, Alaska
- September 18, 1947 - Officially transferred to the United States Air Force; no tail number change
- July 1948 - Converted to RB-29A for photographic and signals reconnaissance
- August 29, 1949 - Aircraft conducts first American detection of radiation from the first Soviet nuclear test, confirming that the USSR is experimenting with nuclear power and potentially weapons
- 1950 - Transferred to Sacramento Air Material Area, McClellan Air Force Base, California
- 1951 - Transferred to 58th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, 7th Air Weather Group, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska
- 1954 - Aircraft out of commission for parts
- Parts salvaged for airworthy WB-29s
- 1955 - Aircraft towed to gravel pit, used for extraction training
- 1956 - Gravel pit flooded, no longer suitable for extraction training
- 1962 - Aircraft designated for pickup by 5010th Redistribution and Marketing Division
- Pickup order unfulfilled; aircraft remains in gravel pit
- [date unknown] - Locals begin referring to the submerged B-29 as the "Lady of the Lake"; by 1990s, considered a notable tourist attraction
- March 10, 2066 - Completely destroyed by nuclear attack along with Eielson Air Force Base and nearby communities Salcha, Moose Creek, and North Pole