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Richard "Dick" Ira Bong (September 24, 1920 – August 6, 1945) was a United States Army Air Forces major and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II. He was one of the most decorated American fighter pilots and the country's top flying ace in the war, credited with shooting down 40 Japanese aircraft, all with the Lockheed P-38 Lightning .
Bong's wife, Marge Vattendahl, under the professional name of "Kris Dahl," was editor of a dog magazine, the Boxer Review, for about 20 years. After her second husband passed away, she then revealed in an issue of the magazine that she was the wife of Bong.
Richard Bong * USAF: Major: 45 United States' highest-scoring air ace. Medal of Honor recipient [120] James "JB" Brown: USAF: Major: 86A F-22 Raptor lead test pilot and F-117 Nighthawk chief test pilot [121] Robert Cardenas: USAF: Brig. General: 46J B-29 commander on mission to break sound barrier.
A Wisconsin museum is partnering with a historical preservation group in a search for the wreckage of World War II ace Richard Bong's plane in the South Pacific. The Richard I. Bong Veterans ...
SUPERIOR, WIS. — The famous P-38 Lightning Fighter plane flown by World War II ace of aces Richard I. Bong — and decorated with a photograph of its namesake "Marge" — was discovered last ...
Richard Bong's P-38 Lightning, nicknamed 'Marge' was flown by another pilot on March 24, 1944, when it crashed due to mechanical troubles. Search team finds plane once flown by a Wisconsin WWII ...
May 13, 1959 – Colonel Lancaster told a Manufacturers Association group that The Richard I Bong Air Force Base will become equivalent of Burlington in size and retail services; May 18, 1959 – Representative Henry S. Reuss charges that Bong was a waste of the taxpayers money shot through with frills. He criticized plans for bowling alleys ...
Searchers announced Thursday they've discovered what they believe is the wreckage of World War II ace Richard Bong's plane in the South Pacific. The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in ...