Bong, Richard (Ira) (1920–1945)
| US aviator. The greatest American fighter ace of World War II, he shot down 40 Japanese aircraft in three combat tours in the Southwest Pacific, 1942–44. He was killed in the crash of an experimental P-80 jet near Los Angeles on 6 August 1945. |
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