Now that it's officially 'endangered' and help may be on the way. On Tuesday, the hangar was put on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 2009 list of the nation's most endangered historic places.įor years, a group has been trying to save it. The hangar that housed the airplane which dropped the atomic bombs on Japan and where training missions took place is in terrible shape. WENDOVER - Many people know Wendover played a big part in the end of World War II, but not a lot of people have actually ever visited the historic airfield.
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