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27 de dic. de 2021 · Major Richard I. Bong U.S. Army Air Force, 5th Air Force, 49th Fighter Group, 9th Fighter Squadron and 5th Fighter Command (V Fighter Command) P-38 Lightning Pilot and Highest Scoring American Ace Background Richard Ira Bong was born September 24, 1920 to parents Carl T. Bong and Dora May Bryce Bong as the first of nine children in Poplar ...
7 de nov. de 2016 · Richard Ira Bong shot down 40 Japanese aircraft and "ruled the air from New Guinea to the Philippines" on his way to becoming America's Ace of Aces. The top-scoring American ace of World War II, Richard I. Bong was credited with 40 aerial victories. (National Archives) Major General George C. Kenney had had enough.
Richard Bong's P-38 Marge, photo signed by Marge, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. By the following Fall, Bong had officially claimed 40 enemy aircraft, making him the top American ace of all-time. In December 1944, Richard Bong was awarded the United States’ highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, presented to him by General Douglas MacArthur.
Richard I. Bong. Born and raised in Poplar, Wisconsin, Richard Ira Bong was destined to have a short but illustrious career as a military aviator. In just under two years, Major Bong had downed 40 enemy aircraft, thereby distinguishing himself as America's top fighter ace of World War II. Bong entered the Army Air Corps in 1941 already in ...
10 de dic. de 2016 · Major Richard Bong in his P-38. Within two years, Bong knew it was time to change his future: instead of becoming a teacher, he decided to enlist in the Army Air Corps Aviation Cadet Program on May 29, 1941. He began his training under Captain Barry Goldwater, a flight instructor who would later become a senator from Arizona.
24 de mar. de 2023 · Major Richard Bong established himself as perhaps one of the most skilled flying aces during the Second World War. Born into a modest but well-to-do farming family in Wisconsin, he volunteered for a civilian pilot scheme whilst at university before joining the cadet program from the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) following America’s entrance into the war.
21 de oct. de 2020 · Join Chris Henry from the EAA Aviation Museum as he discusses the life of America’s highest-scoring WWII ace, Richard Bong.Ace of Aces: The Story of Richard ...
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