During World War II, Major Richard "Dick" Ira Bong's legendary exploits at the helm of his P-38 Lightning made him a household name. Bong received the Medal of Honor for his exploits of downing 40 enemy Japanese planes in the Southwestern Pacific. His tally of 40 victories made him the highest-scoring American ace of all time, a record that is unlikely to ever be broken. Bong died at the tender age of 24 on the 6th of August 1945 in a flight accident during testing of the P-80 Shooting Star Fighter. His fame was such that news of his death vied with the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima in the US press.
| Author: George C. Kenney |
| Publisher: Lulu.Com |
| Publication Date: Jun 07, 2022 |
| Number of Pages: 82 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 1387890468 |
| ISBN-13: 9781387890460 |
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