P38 Lightning "Marge" Found

[Flatfish]

I was careful not to use the word "Bong" in the title. I don't want to be banned.

Richard Bong. America's top scoring ace of WW2 was famous for flying a Lockheed P38 Lightning named Marge (named after his girlfriend whom he later married). Richard Bong was sadly lost testing the P80 Shooting Star just before the end of the war.

The plane then flown by another pilot crashed in Papua New Guinea.
This is now been found.

 

[BingBong]

That's my boy!

 

[ssjones]

I had a P-38 among my other WWII era model planes, it was a favorite.
Richard and Marge have a book about them, she apparently died in 2003.

Amazon.com

 

[kcghost]

Just found this! Wow, how cool is that!? Bong was one of the air hero's of the war!!