Papers, 1941-1986.

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Papers, 1941-1986.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173700696

Papers, mainly 1941-1945, of Richard I. Bong, a World War II hero from Poplar, Wisconsin, who was noted as America's World War II "Ace of Aces." Included are microfilmed awards and certificates, flight records and logs, income tax returns, photographs of his fatal plane crash, special orders and combat reports, and other official military records; microfilmed clipping scrapbooks documenting his career and various memorial projects; original wartime letters written to his family; and several World War II newsreels, home movie clips, and televised biographies concerning his life and career.

0.4 c.f. (1 archives box),2 reels of microfilm (35mm), and2 videorecordings.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6925671

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Bong, Richard Ira, 1920-1945

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Richard 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 fighter. He died in California while testing a Lockheed P-80 jet fighter shortly before the war ended. For his actions from October 10 through November 15, 1944 over...