Forgot about Major Bong dying in a crash of an experimental jet. Sad.
He's buried in Poplar, Wisconsin, about fifteen miles from Duluth/Superior. I had the opportunity to meet his widow, Marge Bong Drucker, for whom his P-38 was named. Kind, gracious lady. The Duluth mewspaper for this date places Bong's death above the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.