num_pages: 223
description: Dust jacket "This is the story of Richard Bong, a Wisconsin farm boy who had an itch to fly. On June 2, 1941, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps Aviation Cadet Program to learn to fly. Six months later he was caught up in the turmoil of World War II when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Richard Bong learned his flying lessons very well and was commissioned a flying officer on January 9, 1942. After a short assignment as an advanced flight instructor, he was assigned to Hamilton Field for fighter training in the P-38 Lightning in May. 'Whooey! What an airplane,' he wrote home. He was a young man in love with his airplane. He took his P-38 into combat and shot his way to the very top of the list of American Fighter Aces, with a count of 40 Japanese war planes and earned for himself the title of America's Ace of Aces."
language: English
title: Ace of Aces: The Dick Bong Story
titlecomplete: Ace of Aces: The Dick Bong Story
ratings_count: 8
publisher: s.n.