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07.08.2002 17:24:33
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Прочее; Россия-СССР;
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U.S. considered using atomic bomb in Europe: Enola Gay pilot
Wednesday, August 7, 2002 at 09:20 JST
LONDON — The pilot of the U.S. B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945 said in an interview published Tuesday that the United States had a plan in September 1944 to drop atomic bombs on both Europe and Japan.
Paul Tibbets, the man who piloted the Enola Gay on its mission to Hiroshima, made what is believed to be a so-far undisclosed episode on the of U.S. atomic bomb strategy in an interview with the Guardian newspaper. Speaking from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio, the 87-year-old retired brigadier told the newspaper that he was told of the secret U.S. atomic bomb targeting plan by General Uzal Ent, commander of the second air force, when he was given the orders to prepare for the bombing mission. (Kyodo News)