"G.R. Patterson III"
I love aircraft too but would submit that the bomb IS the history. Of
course it was more than vaporized - quite a restoration project even for
the
pros at the Smithsonian.

They've got one of the "fat boy" bombs at the museum at Oshkosh. They
claim there's
nothing inside the casing, of course.

Having seen some of the restoration practices they follow I wouldn't be
surprised if they loaded the 'fat boy' full of nuclear material, then
emptied it before putting it on display.

Those folks are nuts in a good way.