Wisconsin National Guard partnership helps bring Richard Bong's P-38 ‘Marge' home from Papua New GuineaBy Leslie ...

Marge was more than a fighter tied to America’s greatest ace; it became part of the myth around Richard Bong himself. From ...

A team from Pacific Wrecks recovered one of the most famous World War II aircraft wrecks from the jungles of Papua New Guinea to Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Richard Bong’s P-38 “Marge” became one of the most recognizable fighters of the Pacific war. Its combat history, nose art, ...

World War II was the first major armed conflict in which aviation played a dominant role in all theaters of operations. During that war, many pilots became aces and accumulated numerous victories ...

Pacific Wrecks and Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center teamed up to recover a missing plane. Pacific Wrecks and Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center teamed up to recover the remains of ...

The jubilation the search team felt when it discovered "Ace of Aces" Richard Bong's downed P-38 Lightning fighter plane in a South Pacific jungle reverberated more than 8,000 miles away in northern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. P-38J Lightning 42-103993 nicknamed “Marge,”with Captain Richard I. Bong in the cockpit. The jubilation the search team felt when ...

P-38J Lightning 42-103993 nicknamed “Marge,”with Captain Richard I. Bong in the cockpit. The jubilation the search team felt when it discovered "Ace of Aces" Richard Bong's downed P-38 Lightning ...

AP Photo, File 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, ...

The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center celebrated finding Richard Bong’s P-38 fighter plane, “Marge”, Thursday May 30th. The celebration included a livestream with the Papua New Guinea team ...

World War II flying ace Richard Bong loved his girlfriend. So much so that he had her face painted on his fighter plane, and named the vessel "Marge." Searchers say they may have found the wreckage in ...