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He was saying other things too, such as this was a one way trip into Soviet Airspace. Not enough fuel to return so the idea was to crash or possibly land in someplace friendly, like Sweden. That is if there is anything left of Sweden!
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I would say that would be likely. Post strike plans were sorta "open ended" depending on circumstances.
These were men trained to deliver their weapon no matter what.
Priority 1: Deliver the weapon
There was no priority two. 
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So a hero is someone selected/brainwashed/trained to reliably put themselves into grave danger in order to kill millions of civilians? Yummy.
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