Museum, historical group launch search for wreckage of ace pilot Richard Bong’s crashed plane
9 months ago

Museum, historical group launch search for wreckage of ace pilot Richard Bong’s crashed plane

Associated Press  

SUPERIOR, Wis. — A Wisconsin museum is partnering with a historical preservation group in a search for the wreckage of World War II ace Richard Bong’s plane in the South Pacific. The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior and the nonprofit World War II historical preservation group Pacific Wrecks announced the search on Friday, Minnesota Public Radio reported. Bong said at the time that Vattendahl “looks swell, and a hell of a lot better than these naked women painted on most of the airplanes,” the Los Angeles Times reported in Vattendahl’s 2003 obituary. Taylan told Minnesota Public Radio that he’s confident he’ll find the wreckage since historical records provide an approximate location of the crash site.

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Explorers find what they believe is World War II ace Richard Bong’s downed plane in South Pacific
7 months ago

Explorers find what they believe is World War II ace Richard Bong’s downed plane in South Pacific

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MADISON, Wis. — Searchers announced Thursday they’ve discovered what they believe is the wreckage of World War II ace Richard Bong’s plane in the South Pacific. The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior, Wisconsin, and the nonprofit World War II historical preservation group Pacific Wrecks announced in March they were launching a joint search for Bong’s Lockheed P-38 …

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