Dick Bong (eBook)

Ace of Aces

George C. Kenney (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
The War Vault (Verlag)
979-12-213-5011-1 (ISBN)

Infos

During World War II, Major Richard "Dick" Ira Bong's legendary exploits at the helm of his P-38 Lightning made him a household name. Bong received the Medal of Honor for his exploits of downing 40 enemy Japanese planes in the Southwestern Pacific. His tally of 40 victories made him the highest-scoring American ace of all time, a record that is unlikely to ever be broken. Bong died at the tender age of 24 on the 6th of August 1945 in a flight accident during testing of the P-80 Shooting Star Fighter. His fame was such that news of his death vied with the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima in the US press.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.6.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: famous aviators • Fighter pilots World War 2 • military aviation • pilot biography • world war 2 biography • World War 2 pilots
• ISBN-13: 979-12-213-5011-1 / 9791221350111