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Publication Information
| Date Created | 1965 |
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Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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Collection Information
| Source Collection | Wisconsin place file, circa 1850s-circa 1950s |
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Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED |
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Bong — Ace of Aces
circa 1940-1949
Portrait of Major Richard Ira Bong, medal of honor winner from Poplar, Wisconsin. Flying a P-38, Bong shot down more enemy aircraft than any other American pilot during World War II.
Bong P-38 Memorial
1950
An early view of the Richard Ira Bong Memorial - a P-38, although not a plane that Bong himself flew. The plane was acquired from the Air Force by the local American Legion post. More recently Popl...
Bong and MacArthur
December 12, 1944
General Douglas MacArthur congratulates Richard I. Bong, World War II Ace of Aces from Poplar, Wisconsin, after awarding him the Congressional Medal of Honor at an airstrip on Leyte Island, Phillip...
Bong Bridge, Duluth-Superior Bridge
1985
Aerial view of the Duluth-Superior Bridge, officially named in honor of Richard I. Bong, World War II's Ace of Aces, who hailed from nearby Poplar, Wisconsin. The bridge, which links I-35 in Minnes...
Richard Bong
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Who’d have imagined that a farm boy from Wisconsin would grow up to become the greatest air hero of World War II? Learn the full story in this biography for young readers.
WWI Ace
1918
Rodney Williams, a World War I pilot from Delafield, Wisconsin, posed wearing his U.S. Air Service uniform. With five enemy aircraft downed in July 1918, Williams was the only Wisconsin aviator to...
