# Richard Bong

> Richard Ira "Dick" Bong was a United States Army Air Forces officer and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II. He was one of the most decorated American fighter pilots and the country's top flying ace in the war, credited with shooting down 40 Japanese aircraft, all with the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. He died in California while testing a Lockheed P-80 jet fighter shortly before the war ended. Bong was posthumously inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1986 and has several commemorative monuments named in his honor around the world, including an airport, two bridges, a theater, a veterans historical center, a recreation area, a neighborhood terrace, and several avenues and streets, including the street leading to the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.

*United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient (1920-1945)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Other
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1920-09-24
- **Died:** 1945-08-06
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.3 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 18.4 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 12.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm15252495/ (@nm15252495)

## Sources
- [Річард Айра Бонг](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%96%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%90%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3)
- [Richard Ira Bong](https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ira_Bong)
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- [ريتشارد بونج](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC)
- [Richard Ira Bong](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ira_Bong)
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- [Richard Bong](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bong)
- [Richard Bong](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bong)
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- [Ричард Айра Бонг](https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%90%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3)
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- [Бонг, Ричард Айра](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%90%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B0)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2002897)
- [Richard Bongiorno](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3798819)

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