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	Richard Bong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lieutenant Bong received his wings and commission in January 1942 and in October he was flying combat missions in the Southwest Pacific Theater.
		Bong married his fiance' and participated in numerous PR activities, such as promoting the sale of war bonds.
		Namesake of Bong Recreational Area in Southeastern Wisconsin, the Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge in the Twin Ports of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin, The Bong Barracks of the Aviation Challenge program, and the Richard I. Bong Bridge in Townsville, Australia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Bong (780 words)

	Major Richard Ira Bong, Indian Airforce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Richard Bong was born on Sept. 20th 1920 in Poplar, Wisconsin.
		Bong's father came to the United States from Sweden at the age of seven and his mother was of Scots-English descent.
		Bong was the first fighter pilot handpicked by General George C. Kenney in the fall of 1942 for a P-38 squadron designed to strengthen his Fifth Air Force in Australia and New Guinea.
	users.senet.com.au /~wingman/bong.html (1346 words)

	Richard Bong: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Richard "Dick" Ira Bong (September 24, EHandler: no quick summary.
		(Bong was killed in a plane crash when his P-80 Shooting Star[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link] malfunctioned shortly after takeoff.
		The bong recreational area is a managed prairie held as a state recreation area by the wisconsin department of natural resources....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ri/richard_bong.htm (1384 words)

	Valor: Top Gun -October 1987
		Richard Ira Bong was the leading American ace of World War II, of all-time, for that matter, with 40 victories in the Pacific.
		Bong's career was shaped by his association with Gen. George Kenney, who, in June 1942, reprimanded him for a P-38 buzz job in the San Francisco area.
		Bong got separated from his flight in a battle with 40 Japanese fighters, dived into a gaggle of enemy planes, and shot down two of them.
	www.afa.org /magazine/valor/1087valor.asp (836 words)

	Welcome to the Richard I. Bong Memorial Academy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Richard I. Bong Memorial Academy, which began operation on September 5, 2000, uses natural and historical resources to create an alternative education curriculum for at-risk youth residing in the Douglas county area.
		Richard I. Bong, a Poplar resident, was a WWII aviator and war hero who exemplified excellence and service to his country and community.
		The Richard I. Bong facility is equipped with with a computer lab and a technology lab to provide the needed tools to implement the curriculum and create the desired learning environment.
	www.cesa12.k12.wi.us /~bong (195 words)

	Richard Ira Bong - Ace of Aces
		Upon his arrival in Brisbane, Australia, Richard Bong was assigned to the 9th Fighter Squadron of the 49th Fighter Group.
		Bong returned to the USA in April 1944 and was assigned to the Matagorda Peninsula Bombing Range at Foster Field in Texas.
		Major Richard Ira Bong being awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour by General Douglas MacArthur in the Philippines on 12 Dec 1944.
	home.st.net.au /~dunn/ozatwar/bong.htm (627 words)

	[Deathwatch] Marge Bong Drucker, "most shot at girl in WWII", 79
		After Bong was killed in a test flight, his widow remarried, had a successful career in fashion and publishing, and was an instrumental backer of the Richard I. Bong WWII Heritage Center in Superior.
		Bong Drucker was a student at Superior State Teacher’s College, now the University of Wisconsin-Superior, and just starting life No. 1 when she met Bong, home on his first combat leave.
		Bong put her college graduation picture on the nose of his plane and named the aircraft “Marge.” Then he had claimed his 26th, 27th and 28th victories and broke Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker’s World War I record of 26 downed enemy aircraft.
	slick.org /pipermail/deathwatch/2003-October/000523.html (1554 words)

	Marjorie Bong Drucker, 79, Widow of Ace of Aces, Champion of WWII Veterans
		Bong Drucker was first introduced to the public during World War II as the sweetheart of Ace of Aces Richard Ira Bong.
		Her marriage to Richard Bong on February 10, 1945, with 1,200 guests in attendance, was covered by reporters from across the country and several Hollywood studios.
		Bong Drucker finally broke her 40-year silence about her earlier life with Dick Bong in 1985, when Bong's sister Joyce Bong Erickson invited her to attend the dedication of the Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge, connecting Duluth, Minn., and Superior.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-27-2003/0002025211&EDATE= (698 words)

	Major Richard Bong top scoring US ace of WWII
		America's "Ace of Aces," Richard Ira Bong, was born on 24 September 1920 in St. Mary's hospital in Superior,Wisconsin.
		P-38 Lightning in the Pacific theater Major Richard Bong was the top scoring U.S. Ace during WWII with 40 kills.
		In his hometown of Poplar, there is a Bong Memorial room in the Poplar High School that includes his uniform, all twenty-six of his decorations, photographs, newspaper clippings and even a fragment of the plane in which he was killed.
	usfighter.tripod.com /bong.htm (1945 words)

	Who's Who
		Dick Bong, a hero in an era of heroes, represents a generation of young men and women who willingly left their farms, villages, and cities to defend their country's freedom.
		Dick Bong loved flying, and the P-38 was the ideal fighting plane for the combat techniques he mastered: swooping down on his targets and blasting them at dangerously close range, then pulling up fast.
		General Kenney pulled Dick Bong out of combat when his score reached 40 and sent him home to "marry Marjorie and start thinking about raising a lot of towheaded Swedes." Dick and Marge Vattendahl were married February 10, 1945, in Superior, an event attended by 1,200 guests and covered by the international press.
	www.p38lessonplan.com /midallies.htm (2610 words)

	MPR: A Home For A Hero
		The Richard I. Bong Heritage Center is a new landmark on Superior's waterfront.
		Bong grew up in the the small northwestern Wisconsin town, and his widow still lives in the area.
		But Bong's legacy will live on, in the memories of the people of Poplar; and Bong's wife Marge, who still lives in the area; and in the airplane that carries her name.
	news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/200209/24_kelleherb_bongmemorial-m (913 words)

	U.S.A.A.F. Resource Group/Heroes Of The Air - Richard Ira "Dick" Bong
		Bong took Advanced Training at Luke Field near Phoenix, Arizona flying the North American AT-6 Texan where his gunnery instructor was the future distinguished politician and future Presidential Candidate, Barry Goldwater.
		Bong returned to the SWPA on Sept. 10, 1944 assigned as an advanced gunnery instructor and observer with strict orders to avoid air combat except in self-defense.
		Bong "defended" himself to 30 victories by October 10, 1944 and was grounded by Gen. Kenney, who had personally chosen Bong for combat in the first place.
	www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org /URG/bong.html (584 words)

	Richard I. Bong
		Richard Ira Bong, who would become America's "Ace of Aces," was born on September 24, 1920, the son of a Swedish immigrant.
		Bong's latest HQ assignment was 'advanced gunnery instructor', and while allowed to go on combat missions, he had orders to only defend himself, and not seek out the enemy.
		Richard Bong is also memorialized at the Richard I. Bong Heritage Center in Superior, Wisconsin, which features many exhibits about Dick Bong as well as a refurbished P-38 on display.
	www.acepilots.com /usaaf_bong.html (2605 words)

	Bong AFB - United States Nuclear Forces
		Richard Bong AFB near Burlington in Kenosha County Wisconsin was a new northern tier Air Force base, initiated in 1955 to be an ADC fighter-interceptor base.
		Bong is an unimproved area, with many 'non-traditional' activities, like dog sled trials, horse back riding, a few tracks for dirt bikes, cross-country ski, snowmobile, motorcycle and hunt a nice RC airplane field, and rockets.
		Wisconsin Rustic Road 43 in Racine and Kenosha Counties consists of County Highway B from the intersection of WIS 142 in Kenosha County to its intersection with WIS 11 in Racine County.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/facility/bong.htm (449 words)

	Richard I. Bong WWII Heritage Center :: Superior, Wisconsin
		Richard Ira Bong, who has ruled the air from New Guinea to the Philippines, I now induct you into the society of the bravest of brave, the wearers of the Congressional Medal of Honor of the United States."
		Preserving and providing appropriate shelter for the P-38 Lightning on display outside the Bong Memorial Room in Poplar, Wisconsin became the inspiration for the Richard I. Bong WWII Heritage Center.
		One fighter pilot who came close to reaching Bong's record was Major Thomas B. McGuire, who shot down 38 enemy planes before he was killed in the crash of his P-38 in January 1945.
	www.bongheritagecenter.org /dickbong (2333 words)

	Richard Bong
		Born and raised in Poplar, Wisconsin, Richard Ira Bong was destined to have a short but illustrious career as a military aviator.
		Bong entered the Army Air Corps in 1941 already in possession of his private pilot's certificate.
		On August 6, 1945 Major Richard Bong was assigned Lockheed P-80, tail number 44-85048, for a routine acceptance flight.
	www.aviationhalloffamewisconsin.com /inductees/bong.htm (360 words)

	JS Online: Hero's widow became veterans' friend
		Richard and Marjorie Bong pose for a photo in a P-38 Lightning fighter plane in 1945.
		Memorials are suggested to the Marge Bong Drucker Memorial Fund at the Richard I. Bong World War II Heritage Center, 305 Harbor View Parkway, Superior, WI 54880.
		Bong Drucker agreed to attend the dedication of the Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge, connecting Superior with Duluth, Minn.
	www.jsonline.com /news/nobits/oct03/174152.asp?format=print (1161 words)

	Major Richard Bong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Richard Ira Bong, America's "Ace of Aces" in World War II was born Sept. 1920, the son of a Swedish immigrant in Superior, Wis.
		When General Kenney went to the Pacific in Sept., 1942, Bong was one of the pilots he tasked to join the 49th Fighter Group.
		Bong was assigned to the 9th Fighter Squadron, the "Flying Knights," and was sent to Australia.
	www.af.mil /history/person.asp?dec=1940&pid=123006479 (802 words)

	Major Richard I. Bong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Pacific theater of operations produced the two highest scoring aces in American history, Major Richard I. Bong and Major Thomas B. McGuire, Jr.
		Both men flew P-38 Lightnings in the Southwest Pacific and each received the Medal of Honor in recognition of his courage and accomplishments.
		Bong in the cockpit of his P-38 (Left).
	www.wpafb.af.mil /museum/history/wwii/mrib.htm (145 words)

	Recollections of Meeting the "Ace of Aces"
		Richard Bong was buried on August 8, 1945, in the Poplar Cemetery in Wisconsin.
		THE RICHARD I. The Center, built on the bayfront in Superior, Wisconsin, is intended to be a place where people can get in touch with history and gain understanding and appreciation for those who served our country.
		Marjorie Bong Drucker was first introduced to the national public as the sweetheart of Dick Bong, who affixed her photo to the nose of his P-38, which affectionately became known as "MARGE".
	www.b-29s-over-korea.com /Richard_I_Bong/Richard_I_Bong2.html (455 words)

	OnMilwaukee.com Milwaukee Buzz: Bong Center salutes WWII ace
		Bong, who was from Poplar, right outside of Superior, was named the Ace of Aces for his heroics in World War II.
		Bong was born in 1920, as one of nine children on the family farm.
		Bong became a fearless fighter, mastering the techniques of swooping down on his targets and hitting them at close range.
	www.onmilwaukee.com /buzz/articles/bongcenter.html (723 words)

	Major Richard I. Bong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Bong then went on to complete his basic and advanced flying training at Taft, California, and Luke Field, Phoenix, Arizona.
		Major Richard Bong became the leading American fighter ace of World War II and the leading American fighter ace of all time.
		On August 6, 1945, Major Bong, a survivor of 200 combat missions, died in a crash near Los Angeles, California, while test-flying one of the prototype P-80s.
	members.aol.com /thudeur2/bong.htm (460 words)

	Lake Superior Journal
		Richard Ira Bong, the future “Ace of Aces,”; grew up as the eldest of nine children on a farm in Poplar, a tiny community not far from Superior, Wisconsin.
		Opening of the Richard I. Bong World War II Heritage Center came on September 24, 2002, the day that would have been Dick’s 82nd birthday.
		The Richard Ira Bong World War II Heritage Center truly is a tribute to all who served in the military efforts as well as a fitting way to detail the pilot’s personal accomplishments.
	www.lakesuperior.com /online/246/246jrnl.html (866 words)

	Recollections of Meeting the "Ace of Aces" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Dick Bong arrived at Riverside with all the credentials you would expect from the "Ace of Aces".
		Bong had been hand picked by General George C. Kenney in 1942 for his assignment to Australia to join the Fifth Air Force.
		A select group of cadets were invited to his home on the evening of Major Bong's visit for a personal meeting with him.
	www.b-29s-over-korea.com /Richard_I_Bong/Richard_I_Bong1.html (553 words)

	Boston.com / Your Life / Health & Fitness / Diseases & Treatments / Marjorie Bong Drucker, publisher, widow of ...
		LOS ANGELES -- Marjorie Bong Drucker, a retired magazine publisher who was the widow of Major Richard I. Bong, the World War II "ace of aces," died of cancer Sept. 27 in Superior, Wis. She was 79.
		Drucker became a national celebrity in 1944 when Bong, a Wisconsin farm boy who had broken World War I pilot Eddie Rickenbacker's record of 26 air victories, proclaimed his love by plastering her picture on the nose of his P-38.
		Drucker sold her longtime home in the Hollywood Hills and moved to the Bong family farm in Poplar, Wis. Her ashes were buried last week in Poplar Cemetery, next to those of Richard Bong.
	www.boston.com /yourlife/health/diseases/articles/2003/10/11/marjorie_bong_drucker_publisher_widow_of_wwii_ace (789 words)

	The Daily Telegram - Superior, Wisconsin
		Bong “didn’t think that anyone should rush into marriage until the war was over.
		Bong Drucker and a few others, including Bong’s family, embraced the notion of honoring their pilot with a museum.
		Bong Drucker was very proud of the restoration of the P-38, which once stood outside in Poplar, and now is the centerpiece of the Heritage Center.
	www.superiorwi.com /placed/index.php?sect_rank=1&story_id=153167 (1909 words)

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