Richard Bong / 3 Roads Communications, Inc.

Richard Bong was the top scoring ace of WWII, shooting down 40 enemy aircraft. He began flying his P-38 in the Pacific Theater in late 1942 and had already surpassed Eddie Rickenbacker's 26 kills by April of 1943. Bong achieved his 40th and final kill in 1944. He went on to become a test pilot of je...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Legends of air power.
Corporate Authors: 3 Roads Communications, Inc
Infobase (Film distributor)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : 3 Roads Communications, Inc, [2003]
Series:Films on Demand.
Legends of air power.
Subjects:
Aeronautics, Military > United States.
Air pilots, Military > Biography.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Biography.
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (23 min., 16 sec.)) : sound, color.
Format: Electronic Video
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Summary:
Richard Bong was the top scoring ace of WWII, shooting down 40 enemy aircraft. He began flying his P-38 in the Pacific Theater in late 1942 and had already surpassed Eddie Rickenbacker's 26 kills by April of 1943. Bong achieved his 40th and final kill in 1944. He went on to become a test pilot of jet fighters, but died tragically on a routine flight when his P-80 malfunctioned after takeoff, on the same day the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
Note:Originally released by 3 Roads Communications, Inc., 2003.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on January 17, 2017.
Interest Grade Level:
9 & up.
System Details:Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Source of Description:
Title from distributor's description (Infobase, May 17, 2017)