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Ms Chanandler’s grandfather
There was a street named after him at the now-defunct Richard’s-Gebaur AFB.
Ahah! Dick!
Ahah! Bong!
Omg, I want a name like that!
Hard to get your lips around a name like that
I”ll take “Funny Names” for $1000, Alex
He celebrated each kill with a Coke. He has a lifelong teetotaler
Listen, if you can take out 25 enemy aircraft, your name can be Dick Kisser for all I care.
kind of looks like Marc Singer, actor in the ’80s miniseries “V”
Thought it said “suitable for aromantics” on the side for a sec.
Also the greatest stoner/pornstar of all time.
“Suitable for aromatics”. What?
Sugar. In. Water
Somewhere I have a photo of a highway sign along I-94 between Chicago and Milwaukee indicating the proximity to Bong State Recreation Area, which is named for this gentleman.
He died a few years after the war test-piloting an experimental jet.
And he died because he didn’t bother to read the manual for the airplane was testing. Main fuel pump cut at takeoff and he didn’t know how to cut in the auxiliary one so he died because he was too proud to do his homework. Source, Chuck Yeager. IIRC he was wrapped around the tail when it went in.
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Seems odd that they had to print the “premium unleaded fuel only” type instructions on the outside of the aircraft………wouldn’t you think that the guys servicing them already knew what they were doing ??
Also……what’s the significance of stating the “crew weight” on the outside of the plane……why or how was that important ??
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I hope this guy made the rank of Major: Major Dick Bong….just has a nice ring to it.
Ace of aces. P38 pilot. Absolutely badass.
Can we please put Dick Bong on our money
Based on the writing below the kills, I assume he piloted a P-38. That plane was a beast. I debate back and forth whether I’d rather pilot one of those or a P-51
the google images sprinkled in around this hero
“BOOOOONG” -Jay