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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 .
His 26 victories remained the American record until Richard Bong's forty victories in World War II. The following data is from Rickenbacker's book, Fighting the Flying Circus. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1919, pp. 363–364. Rickenbacker in his SPAD S.XIII SPAD XIII in the colors of the 94th Aero Squadron. The aircraft is marked as Eddie ...
Like Kearby, Bong was not assigned to a combat unit at the time and flew in addition to his assigned duty of instructor in order to stay in combat. During early March 1944, fighter pilots Bong and Thomas J. Lynch were close to breaking the American World War I record of 26 victories scored by pilot Eddie Rickenbacker. Hoping to break the record ...
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Lucio K. Tan Jr. (June 14, 1966 – November 11, 2019) well known as Bong Tan is a Filipino business executive and basketball coach. He was the son of Filipino-Chinese multimillionaire Lucio Tan . Education
Richard Pitino, entering his fourth offseason as the head coach of the UNM Lobo men's basketball team, has received a $50,000-per-year raise, upping his annual salary and compensation for the ...
Richard Leo Gedman (born September 26, 1959) is an American professional baseball coach and former catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox (1980–1990), Houston Astros (1990–1991), and St. Louis Cardinals (1991–1992). He currently serves as hitting coach with the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox of the ...
Five of seven children in the Mainaky family, Rexy, Richard, Marleve, Rionny and Karel, were part of the Indonesian national shuttling team in the 1990s and nowadays they still have a hand in the sport, though courtside as badminton coaches. He is currently the doubles director of coaching of the Badminton Association of Malaysia.