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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.
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 ...
Who was Richard Bong? Bong was a "quiet, modest and plain, maybe, farm boy," said his nephew Jim Bong, 60, a fighter pilot himself, who flew F-15 jets in the U.S. Air Force from 1990 to 2013.
The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior, Wisconsin, and the nonprofit World War II historical preservation group Pacific Wrecks announced in March they were launching a joint ...
Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge. The Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge, also known as the Bong Bridge, connects Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin, via U.S. Highway 2 (US 2). Opened on October 25, 1984, it is roughly 11,800 feet (3,600 m) long, including about 8,300 feet (2,500 m) over water. [1] It crosses the Saint Louis Bay, which ...
Richard Bong from Poplar, Wisconsin is recognized as the United States' all time "Ace of Aces". Charles Lindbergh and his visit to Milwaukee after the historic non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. James A. Lovell, Jr. is a former NASA astronaut and commander of the infamous Apollo 13 mission.
Richard Bong in his P-38 Lightning. Richard Bong was the top ace of World War II, was awarded the Medal of Honor for combat in October and November 1944. [4] He was credited with shooting down 40 Japanese aircraft, all with the P-38 Lightning. He died in California in August 1945 while testing a P-80 Shooting Star jet aircraft.
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 ...