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The top flying ace in WWII for the US was Dick Bong
Posted on 4/6/18 at 8:45 pm
Posted on 4/6/18 at 8:45 pm
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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 jet aircraft shortly before the war ended.
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 jet aircraft shortly before the war ended.
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Posted on 4/6/18 at 8:47 pm to DavidTheGnome
You posted this thread for one reason and one reason only.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 8:47 pm to DavidTheGnome
What's amazing about this is that he did all that and died ...
... before his 25th birthday.
... before his 25th birthday.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 8:48 pm to DavidTheGnome
quote:
Dick Bong
Posted on 4/6/18 at 8:48 pm to DavidTheGnome
We have the best Dicks, dont we folks? 
Posted on 4/6/18 at 8:49 pm to WestCoastAg
If it was dick dong I’d be impressed
Posted on 4/6/18 at 8:49 pm to DavidTheGnome
<--- gone to research legal name changes in Louisiana
Posted on 4/6/18 at 8:50 pm to DavidTheGnome
Pass that dick!
Posted on 4/6/18 at 8:51 pm to DavidTheGnome
Yeah, but Pappy Boyington remained a household name 30 years after the war because of a television series based on his squadron.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 8:52 pm to DavidTheGnome
quote:
Dick Bong
Talk about a milky bong hit.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 8:52 pm to DavidTheGnome
He looks bored
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:14 pm to DavidTheGnome
I also read Reddit
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:20 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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He looks bored
There are no Japanese shooting at him, that's why.
This post was edited on 4/6/18 at 9:21 pm
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:20 pm to DavidTheGnome
I wrote a book report on his biography in elementary school.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:23 pm to DavidTheGnome
Where we’re these fighter pilots when I was in flight school??
Posted on 4/7/18 at 11:40 am to SUB
Bump for the day shift.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 11:46 am to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 4/8/18 at 8:19 am to DavidTheGnome
That was one badass dude who gave the enemy hell in his P-38. 
Posted on 4/8/18 at 8:47 am to DavidTheGnome
So you are saying a Bong smoked 40 Japanese?
Posted on 4/8/18 at 8:50 am to DavidTheGnome
Ground control to major bong
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