Richard Bong

E192000
United States Army Air Forces officer World War II veteran fighter ace human

Richard Bong was a United States Army Air Forces fighter ace of World War II and America’s highest-scoring air ace, credited with 40 aerial victories.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Richard Bong canonical 4
Richard Ira Bong 2
World War II flying ace Richard Bong 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army Air Forces officer ⓘ
World War II veteran ⓘ
fighter ace ⓘ
human ⓘ
aircraftFlown Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
awardReceived Air Medal ⓘ
Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ
Distinguished Service Cross ⓘ
Medal of Honor ⓘ
Silver Star ⓘ
causeOfDeath aircraft crash ⓘ
test flight accident ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
creditedAerialVictories 40 Japanese aircraft shot down ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1920-09-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1945-08-06 ⓘ
education University of Wisconsin–Superior ⓘ
surface form: Superior State Teachers College
employer United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
familyName Bong ⓘ
fullName Richard Bong self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Richard Ira Bong
givenName Richard ⓘ
hasMemorial Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge ⓘ
Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center ⓘ
marriagePartner Marjorie Vattendahl ⓘ
middleName Ira ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
militaryRank major ⓘ
militaryUnit 49th Fighter Group ⓘ
5th Air Force ⓘ
9th Fighter Squadron ⓘ
namedAfter Bong Air Force Base (former) in Wisconsin ⓘ
notableFor being America’s highest-scoring air ace of World War II ⓘ
numberOfAerialVictories 40 ⓘ
occupation fighter pilot ⓘ
military aviator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Superior, Wisconsin ⓘ
surface form: Superior, Wisconsin, United States
placeOfDeath Burbank, California ⓘ
surface form: Burbank, California, United States
serviceEnd 1945 ⓘ
serviceStart 1941 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Marjorie Vattendahl ⓘ
stateOfBirth Wisconsin ⓘ
stateOfDeath California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
theaterOfOperations Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lockheed P-38 Lightning → famousPilot → Richard Bong ⓘ
Richard Bong → fullName → Richard Bong self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard Ira Bong
Superior → hasNotablePerson → Richard Bong ⓘ
subject surface form: Superior, Wisconsin
Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center → dedicatedTo → Richard Bong ⓘ
Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center → namedAfter → Richard Bong ⓘ
Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center → commemorates → Richard Bong ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II flying ace Richard Bong
Bong Bridge → namedAfter → Richard Bong ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard Ira Bong
Bong Bridge → honors → Richard Bong ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II flying ace Richard Ira Bong