Wingtip from downed fighter jet flown by ace pilot brought to US museum
Richard I Bong with a picture of his girlfriend Marge Vattendahl, from whom the plane took its name, in this 1944 picture. Photograph: APView image in fullscreenRichard I Bong with a picture of his girlfriend Marge Vattendahl, from whom the plane took its name, in this 1944 picture. He later married Vattendahl, who became a fashion model and magazine publisher.
- ▪Richard I Bong with a picture of his girlfriend Marge Vattendahl, from whom the plane took its name, in this 1944 picture.
- ▪Photograph: APView image in fullscreenRichard I Bong with a picture of his girlfriend Marge Vattendahl, from whom the plane took its name, in this 1944 picture.
- ▪He later married Vattendahl, who became a fashion model and magazine publisher.
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Richard I Bong with a picture of his girlfriend Marge Vattendahl, from whom the plane took its name, in this 1944 picture. Photograph: APView image in fullscreenRichard I Bong with a picture of his girlfriend Marge Vattendahl, from whom the plane took its name, in this 1944 picture. Photograph: APUS militaryWingtip from downed fighter jet flown by ace pilot brought to US museumLockheed P-38 Lightning nicknamed ‘Marge’ and flown by Richard Bong crashed in 1944 over what is now Papua New GuineaRamon Antonio Vargas and agenciesTue 4 Aug 2026 06.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleA wingtip of a downed fighter jet once flown by second world war ace pilot Richard Bong has been taken to his home state of Wisconsin from Papua New Guinea, where it crashed more than 80 years earlier.The piece…
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