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She found success as a model and later as a teacher of models. Richard Bong : biography September 24, 1920 – August 6, 1945 Richard Ira "Dick" Bong (September 24, 1920 – August 6, 1945) is the United States’ highest-scoring air ace, having shot down at least 40 Japanese aircraft during World War II.
As Bong attempted to leave the plane and save himself, his parachute failed to deploy, and the pilot and plane crashed in a narrow field near North Hollywood.
Cal., 7 Aug. 1945 - (UP) - Maj. Richard I. You have chosen this person to be their own family member.You must select an email preferenceFailed to delete memorial. As the past year’s homecoming queen, Drucker joined him on stage.
She began to accept invitations to speak at aviation and veterans conventions, where people lined up to meet her “like she was a rock star,” her daughter recalled.Elaine Woo is a Los Angeles native who has written for her hometown paper since 1983. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer.This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photosPlease check your email and click on the link to activate your account.This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photosThere is a problem with your email/password.A system error has occurred.
But on Aug. 6, 1945, the same day that the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, the P-80 that Bong was testing stalled on takeoff.
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He was killed when he was forced to bail out at a low altitude.The fighter plane subsequently gained worldwide fame as the “Marge,” and his wife became what Bong teasingly referred to as “the most shot-after girl in the South Pacific.”Marjorie Bong Drucker, a retired magazine publisher who was the widow of World War II “ace of aces” Maj. Richard I. Bong, died of cancer Sept. 27 in Superior, Wis. She was 79.The pilot explained at the time that his girlfriend, a tall, dark-haired beauty, “looks swell, and a hell of a lot better than these naked women painted on most of the airplanes.”Shortly after their marriage on Feb. 10, 1945, they moved to Burbank, where Bong had been assigned to test the P-80, the Army Air Forces’ first jet.
She was teaching art at her alma mater -- Superior Teachers College -- in late 1943 when she met Bong, who had been drafted while on home leave to crown the college’s new homecoming king. She also leaves a brother, William Vattendahl of Longville, Minn.In late 1944, Bong earned the ace-of-aces moniker after shooting down his 40th enemy plane. She left The Times in 2015.A magnitude 4.2 earthquake centered near San Fernando struck at 4:29 a.m., followed by a 3.3 quake at 4:38 and a 3.8 quake at 6:48.Although devastated, Drucker was determined to build a new life for herself. It prominently displays an original P-38 painted to resemble the one flown by Bong. She and Baird eventually divorced.She met Murray Drucker when she posed for California Girl, a fashion trade magazine he published, and she eventually wrote a column for it.
Dick Bong is America's Top Fighter Ace of WW2 and all time,he shot down 40 confirmed Japanese aircraft in World War Two. Her ashes were buried last week in a Poplar cemetery, next to those of Richard Bong.President Trump, trailing Joe Biden in the polls, suggests delaying the November election. (Dick) Bong, America's greatest ace was killed yesterday in the flaming crash of a jet plane from which he desperately tried to jump clear.
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