How a Farm Boy’s “Impossible” Trick made Him Destroy 40 Japanese Planes... All Alone скачать в хорошем качестве

How a Farm Boy’s “Impossible” Trick made Him Destroy 40 Japanese Planes... All Alone

August 6th, 1945. The world changes forever. At 8:15 AM, the atomic bomb falls on Hiroshima. By nightfall, over a hundred thousand are dead. The war is ending. But on the other side of the world, in California, another story unfolds — one that history nearly forgot. A silver jet sits on the runway: the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, America’s first operational jet fighter. And in the cockpit is Major Richard Ira Bong — the greatest American fighter ace of all time. Forty confirmed aerial victories. The Medal of Honor. A legend of the Pacific skies. A quiet farm boy from Wisconsin who turned discipline into an art form… and precision into death for his enemies. That morning, as the world celebrated peace, Richard Bong took off for one final flight. Moments later, his jet exploded — ending the life of the man who defined American airpower. This is not just the story of how he died. It’s the story of how he lived — how a humble pilot out-thought, out-worked, and out-flew the enemy forty times over. How he mastered the skies, defeated the Japanese Zero, and became a symbol of calm courage in chaos. The story of Richard Bong — America’s Ace of Aces. Because sometimes, the deadliest warriors are the quietest ones. --- SOURCE NOTES: Primary Sources: Richard Bong's combat mission reports (Fifth Air Force records) Letters between Bong and Marjorie Vattendahl General George Kenney's personal war diary Fifth Air Force historical records Medal of Honor citation Bong's flight training records Accident investigation report (P-80 crash, August 6, 1945) Secondary Sources: "Ace of Aces: The Dick Bong Story" by Carl Bong and Mike O'Connor "Bong's Bears: The Fifth Air Force Fighter Command" by Terry Popravak "Fork-Tailed Devil: The P-38" by Martin Caidin Fifth Air Force Association archives National Museum of the United States Air Force records Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum archives --- #unitedstates #worldwar2 #worldwariihistory #hiddencornersofww2