Word: bonging
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...like a tour of O.D. duty-not fun, but necessary. Snub-nosed, wavy-haired Lightning Pilot Richard Ira Bong, one of the U.S.'s two top aces.† was on exhibition in Washington, and he took it that way, self-possessed, as a well-bred 23-year-old should...
...Lightning on the tail of a Jap fighter, bored in and chased the Jap down to the water. "The guy tried to turn, but his wing dug into the water." He crashed. "I guess he was scared," said Major Bong...
Last month Major Richard Ira Bong, a P-38 Lightning pilot, shot down his 26th and 27th planes over New Guinea, breaking a tie which had long existed between two marine pilots, Major Joe Foss (Grumman Wildcat) and missing Major Gregory Boyington (Vought Corsair). Thus Dick Bong became the U.S. Ace of Aces...
Since Johnson flies a P47 Thunderbolt, Army airmen can continue their argument about the relative merits of P-38s and P-475. Johnson flies against the Germans and Bong against the Japs; most airmen lately have been willing to concede that the Germans provide tougher opposition...
...sorry to see him go. Last midnight I was chatting with several correspondents and officers. . . . Major Bong was sleepy, climbed into the cot and pulled down the mosquito netting. 'Get the hell out. I am going to sleep,' he remarked pointedly. Obviously he is no respecter of the 'power of the press...