Richard Bong, I

World War II · US Army · Major

Source Documents

Record	Events	Title	Source Website	Type	Created
Bong, Richard I	Birth, Enlistment, Military Service, People	US, Medal of Honor Recipients, 1863-2013	Forces War Records	Child Record	Oct 23, 2013
bong.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Aug 6, 2014
Medal Of Honor.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Apr 4, 2014
Los_Angeles_Times_front_page_6_August_1945.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Aug 6, 2014
United States Army Air Forces pilot badge.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Aug 6, 2014
Dick Bong.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Aug 6, 2014
Richard Bong at the Globe Shipyard, Superior, WI, January 1944.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Aug 6, 2014
C8-27-13 (38).JPG			Forces War Records	Image	May 9, 2014
Distinguished Flying Cross.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	May 12, 2014
cvUS War Planes.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	May 12, 2014
330px-Richard_Bong_photo_portrait_head_and_shoulders.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Aug 6, 2014
Richard and Marge.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Aug 6, 2014
225px-9th_Fighter_Squadron.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Aug 6, 2014
Medal Of Honor Army.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Apr 4, 2014
Philippine Liberation Medal1.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Jul 6, 2014
United_States_Army_Air_Forces_Recruiting_Poster_-_1.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Jul 30, 2014
Marge.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Aug 6, 2014
Richard_Bong_in_cockpit.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Aug 6, 2014
Presidential Unit Citation.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Jul 4, 2014
medalofhonor.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Jun 7, 2014
cv Bomber squadron.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	May 30, 2014
Richard-Ira-Dick-Bong-September-24-1920-August-6-1945.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Aug 6, 2014
maj._richard_i._bong_964.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Aug 6, 2014
39th_Flying_Training_Squadron.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Aug 6, 2014
air medal.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	May 15, 2014
American Defense Medal.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Jun 7, 2014
Bong and crew.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Aug 6, 2014
World War II.gif			Forces War Records	Image	Jun 4, 2014
cv Carrier bomber.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	May 19, 2014
American Campaign Medal .jpg			Forces War Records	Image	May 16, 2014
Hap Arnold and Richard Bong.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Aug 6, 2014
record-day.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Aug 6, 2014
cv P-47s at work.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	May 19, 2014
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	May 16, 2014
World War II Victory Medal.JPG			Forces War Records	Image	May 16, 2014
US_Air_Force_1LG.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Jul 19, 2014
cvU.S. Air Force.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	May 19, 2014
B-29s at work.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	May 14, 2014
United States Army Air Service.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	May 11, 2014
Distinguished Service Cross1.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Jun 10, 2014
Bong's.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Aug 8, 2014
Dick & Marge.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	Aug 8, 2014
Bong, Richard-Charlotte Observer 22 Apr 1944 pg 10			Forces War Records	Image	Apr 3, 2022
43-2199 - Page 3		US, Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs), WWII, 1942-1947	Forces War Records	Image	Nov 29, 2007
42-12655 - Page 6		US, Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs), WWII, 1942-1947	Forces War Records	Image	Nov 29, 2007
43-2271 - Page 2		US, Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs), WWII, 1942-1947	Forces War Records	Image	May 9, 2008
42-12655 - Page 4		US, Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs), WWII, 1942-1947	Forces War Records	Image	Nov 29, 2007
42-12655 - Page 3		US, Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs), WWII, 1942-1947	Forces War Records	Image	Nov 29, 2007
[None Entered] - Page 4		US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Apr 12, 2008
Bong, Richard I		US, WWII Army and Army Air Force Casualty List, 1946	Forces War Records	Child Record	Oct 29, 2013
[None Entered] - Page 3		US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Apr 12, 2008
Major General Robert W. Harper And Maj. Richard Bong [Left]. [Prob Taken In U.S.] - Page 1		US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Dec 30, 2008
[None Entered] - Page 8		US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Apr 13, 2008
[None Entered] - Page 26		US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Apr 12, 2008
42-12655 - Page 5		US, Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs), WWII, 1942-1947	Forces War Records	Image	Nov 29, 2007
History Of Ogden Air Technical Service Command CY 1945 - Page 170		US, Hill Air Force Base, 1869-2019	Forces War Records	Image	Jun 6, 2019
[None Entered] - Page 107		US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Apr 9, 2008
[None Entered] - Page 17		US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Apr 8, 2008
Lt. Richard Bong of Poplar, Wisconsin, in cockpit of his Lockheed P-38 Lightning in New Guinea, 3/6/43. - Page 1		US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Mar 17, 2008
IMG_0530			Forces War Records	Image	Mar 29, 2024
IMG_0531			Forces War Records	Image	Mar 29, 2024
IMG_0532			Forces War Records	Image	Mar 29, 2024
IMG_0533			Forces War Records	Image	Mar 29, 2024
IMG_0534			Forces War Records	Image	Mar 29, 2024
IMG_0535			Forces War Records	Image	Mar 29, 2024
Richard I Bong		US, WWII Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946	Forces War Records	Index Record	Nov 27, 2008
Richard Bong, I			Forces War Records	Memorial	Oct 31, 2013
Richard I Bong			Forces War Records	Memorial	Nov 27, 2008
Richard I Bong			Forces War Records	Memorial	Nov 28, 2008

Source URLs

URL	Events	Description
P-38 Lightning
Eddie Rickenbacker's
Congressional Medal of Honor
he was burried in the Poplar cemetary, Poplar, Wisconsin.
Aviation History