Da Bomb Outside of Da Bar

Kodiak, Alaska for nearly 20 years an old WWII aerial bomb hung outside of Big Jim's Little Bar as the owner of the bar assumed that it was loaded with inert concrete. Bar patrons referred to the wall decoration as "Da Bomb" as someone over the years painted those words alongside body of the bomb. When the bar changed owners, a local resident ended up with the bomb. The resident decided that we would donate the munition (shown in the image below) to the Kodiak Military History Museum so he called the museum to pick up the bomb.

The museum curator traveled to the man's house to inspect the bomb. The curator noticed that the bomb cavity contained a fill material that did not exactly resemble concrete. Doing some research, the curator identified the bomb as a WWII era AN Mk I Mod 3 1,263 pound aerial bomb. Concerned that the filler was potentially energetic material, the curator called the EOD unit based out of Fort Richardson for further analysis.

EOD responded and investigated the bomb and confirmed that bomb was a AN Mk 1 Mod 3 and also confirmed that the filler material inside the bomb's cavity was Explosive D. EOD confiscated the bomb and transported to a remote area where a controlled detonation was conducted to dispose of the explosive hazard. The museum was allowed to keep the remaining fragments of the bomb for display.