Gen. Kenney indeed sent Maj. Bong back to the states but not until he had racked up 40 kills, over 200 combat missions totaling over 500 combat hours. Seems that after a war bond tour and marriage back home, Bong went to work as a test pilot helping develop the P-80. Ironically, on Aug 6, 1945, the day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Richard Bong was killed during a P-80 test flight.
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Bill Murray
Why do we press harder on the remote control when we know the batteries are getting weak?
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