Pacific Wrecks

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The nonprofit Pacific Wrecks, dedicated to preserving World War II history, has joined with a Wisconsin museum to locate the remains of World War II ace Richard Bong's aircraft in the South Pacific. Bong, renowned for downing 40 Japanese aircraft during the war, piloted a Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter plane affectionately named "Marge" after his girlfriend, Marjorie Vattendahl. Adorning the plane's nose with a portrait of Vattendahl, Bong famously remarked on her superiority to the...

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