The British Mosquito once carried Niels Bohr in its bomb bay

Matt Damon and Kenneth Branagh, both starring in Christopher Nolan’s movie Oppenheimer, announce the arrival of Danish scientist Niels Bohr to the secret facility in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The scene in the movie doesn’t fully capture the dramatic circumstances of Bohr’s escape from Nazi-occupied Europe. Bohr was a renowned scientist who joined the Manhattan Project during World War II. He initially declined invitations to leave Denmark for the UK due to his belief that atomic bombs were not feasible. However, threats to Denmark’s Jewish community eventually forced him to flee to Sweden, where he relied on a Mosquito aircraft for safe passage. Bohr played a crucial role in the development of atomic weapons.

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