A Wisconsin museum is partnering with a historical preservation group in a search for the wreckage of the second world war ace fighter pilot Richard Bong’s plane in the South Pacific.
The Richard I Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior, Wisconsin, and the non-profit second world war historical preservation group Pacific Wrecks announced the search on Friday, Minnesota Public Radio reported.
Bong, who grew up in Poplar, Wisconsin, is known for shooting down 40 Japanese aircraft during the second world war. He flew a Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter plane nicknamed “Marge” in honor of his girlfriend, Marjorie Vattendahl.
Bong plastered a blown-up portrait of Vattendahl on the nose of the plane, according to a Pacific Wrecks summary of the plane’s service.
Bong said at the time that Vattendahl “looks swell, and a hell of a lot better than these naked women painted on most of…
