MADISON, Wisconsin — Searchers announced Thursday they’ve discovered what they believe is the wreckage of World War II ace Richard Bong’s plane in the South Pacific. The Richard I. Bong ...

Searchers announced Thursday they've discovered what they believe is the wreckage of World War II ace Richard Bong's plane in the South Pacific. The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in ...

FILE - Captain Richard Bong points to a large picture of his girl friend, Marge Battendahl on his Lighting P-38 fighter plane pilot on March 31, 1944.

Searchers believe they've discovered what they believe is the wreckage of World War II ace Richard Bong's plane in the South Pacific.. The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior ...

Captain Richard J. Bong, of Poplar, Wis., points to a large picture of his girl friend, Marge Vattendahl, on his Lighting P-38 fighter plane pilot stationed at a New Guinea Air Base, March 31, 1944.

Last Medal of Honor recipient from WWII dies 00:30. A Wisconsin museum is partnering with a historical preservation group in a search for the wreckage of World War II ace Richard Bong's plane in ...

Captain Richard J. Bong nicknamed his Lighting P-38 fighter plane Marg after his girlfriend, Marge Vattendahl. The World War II flying ace is shown with his plan at a New Guinea Air Base on March ...

DULUTH - Richard I. Bong’s Lockheed P-38 Lightning, a plane perhaps as famous as the World War II ace from northwestern Wisconsin who piloted it, crashed in a jungle near the north coast of what ...

An underwater search and recovery team has found the wreckage of a World War II-era Navy war plane in Lake Washington. Two members of the Innerspace Exploration Team, a non-profit group based in ...

Divers searching Lake Huron for pieces of aviation and Black military history are bringing up parts of the plane 2nd Lt. Frank Moody of L.A. flew in 1944.

On April 11, 1944, 2nd Lt. Frank Moody, 22, of Los Angeles was flying over Lake Huron. It's believed his machine guns were not in sync with the rotation of the P-39's propeller.

Searchers announced Thursday they've discovered what they believe is the wreckage of World War II ace Richard Bong's plane in the South Pacific. The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in ...