Talk:Richard Bong
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- All of Bong's victories were while he was flying a P-38 named "Marge" after his wife....
- February 15 [1944] | 1 | Tony off Cape Hoskins, New Britain, first vistory in 'Marge''
Obviously, these can't both be right. The most reasonable explanation I can think of that would sort of satisfy both statements is if he had more than one aircraft named 'Marge', but that would still leave both those statements sounding rather odd. Unfortunately, I've no idea which one is nearer to the truth, but maybe someone'll take notice. --John Owens (talk) 14:53, 2005 August 8 (UTC)
[edit] WP:MILHIST Assessment
A very nice article. You've even included a picture and a list of his kills. Awesome. If you can find a copy of his Medal of Honor citation, that might be nice to include, as many other Medal recipients have their citations quoted in full on their articles. LordAmeth 09:59, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
- Huh? Seems more like a stub or Start Class to me.
There are no details of his units/bases,no description of specific kills, and no attempt to explain what made him the highest scoring U.S. ace of the war.But we have a whole section devoted to his wife, whose main claim to fame seems to have been her husband.Grant65 | Talk 01:51, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ace of Aces?
He was not the allied "ace of aces", that claim could be made by Ivan Kozhedub, who had 62 kills to Bong's 40 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jibba-jabbaman (talk • contribs) 14:39, 21 March 2007 (UTC).
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- It does not say "Allied Ace of Aces"-- he was the American Ace of Aces, however, and so the term would be appropriate here.--Buckboard 13:32, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
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