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CGAA36601 P-38J-15 Lightning - 'Marge', MAJ. Richard 'Dick' Bong, Ops Officer - 5th Fighter Command, New Guinea 1942 Corgi Classics / Aircraft Availability: Sold Out Size: 1:72 Scale (Wingspan: 215mm) Age: 14 years and up Release: November 2006 Type: Static Model Manufacturer's Code: AA36601 Product Code: CGAA36601

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In May 1941Richard Bong enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Lieutenant Bong received his wings and commission in January 1942 and in October he was flying combat missions in the Southwest Pacific Theater. Flying Lockheed P-38s with the 49th Fighter Group, he scored his first "kills" in late December. By April of 1944, Captain Bong had shot down 27 aircraft, surpassing Eddie Rickenbacker's American record of 26 credited victories during World War I. On September 24, 2002, which would have been Dick Bong's 82nd birthday, the Richard I. Bong WWII Heritage Center opened to the public in Superior, Wisconsin. The converted aircraft hangar contains a museum, a film screening room, and his fully restored famous P-38 Lightning, ‘Marge’, named after his eventual wife.

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