A Legendary WWII Plane Vanished in the Jungle. 80 Years Later, It Emerged From the Wild—Incredibly Preserved.

A legendary lost WWII plane has appeared after 80 years. Richard Bong downed 40 Japanese aircraft in his trusty “Marge.” Then ...
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The twin-boom fighter that terrified the Luftwaffe

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning looked unlike anything else in the sky, with its twin booms, central cockpit pod, and concentrated nose guns that could tear through enemy aircraft in seconds. At first, ...
Air Force Times

Search begins for wreckage of ace pilot Richard Bong’s crashed plane

Army Air Force Capt. Richard Bong points to a large picture of his girlfriend, Marge Vattendahl, on his P-38 fighter plane, March 31, 1944. (File/AP) A Wisconsin museum is partnering with a historical ...
Green Bay Press-Gazette

Search team finds plane once flown by a Wisconsin WWII hero, 'Ace of Aces' Richard Bong

The jubilation the search team felt when it discovered "Ace of Aces" Richard Bong's downed P-38 Lightning fighter plane in a South Pacific jungle reverberated more than 8,000 miles away in northern ...