biography
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Bong, Richard (Ira)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1920–45)
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| biography:
| Aviator, born in Superior, Wisconsin, USA. The greatest US fighter ace of World War 2, he shot down 40 Japanese aircraft in three combat tours in the Southwest Pacific (1942–4). He was killed in the crash of an experimental P-80 jet near Los Angeles. |
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