The flight log of Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the U.S. B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, sold for $86,500 (about ¥8.87 million) during an auction of World War II memorabilia in New York on Thursday.
The log of one of America's most famous World War II pilots was one of 65 war items related to Japan offered by Bonhams auction house.
The log, which contains a record of all of the flights during Tibbets' military career, including the fateful flight of the Enola Gay on Aug. 6, 1945, is considered one of the most important World War II aviation manuscripts on the market.