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Minoru Honda (本田 稔), is a WWII Japanese ace pilot with 17 confirmed Arial victories. Although he supposedly has many more kills from solo flights, he is without a doubt a skilled pilot.
In part two of his interview, he discusses how he saw Hiroshima getting nuked while he was flying a N1K2.

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Later, he was stationed at Omura, next to Nagasaki, when he heard the second bomb. Honda was appalled to find out that his flight group was not given the order to intercept the B-29 as he believes that was the reason why he was stationed there. Later on, he and his friend Genda were willing to intercept the third bomb even if it meant defying the higher-ups.
He also explains that he knew that to take down a B-29 (14:17) by ramming them.

Now this has me wondering, what if Honda Minoru had shot down or rammed the second B-29, Bockscar, either by being given the order to or going on his own?

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