Pete Barnes

Richard Bong: World War II Flying Ace

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Produktbeschreibung

Who would have imagined a farm boy from Wisconsin would be the greatest air hero of World War II? Richard Bong was an athletic and hard-working boy from northern Wisconsin who dreamed of flying from the first time a plane buzzed low over his family farm. When war broke out, he left behind a life of sports, deer hunting, and farm chores to fly the new P-38 Lightning for the Army Air Force. Stationed in New Guinea, Bong shot down a total of 40 Japanese flyers in under three years. His accomplishments won this modest pilot the title "Ace of Aces" and a Congressional Medal of Honor awarded by General MacArthur himself.

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Produktdetails

• Badger Biographies
• Verlag: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Altersempfehlung: 7 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 174mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 292g
• ISBN-13: 9780870204340
• ISBN-10: 0870204343
• Artikelnr.: 26351579

Autorenporträt

Pete Barnes is a National Board certified teacher who teaches fifth grade social studies, science, and math in New Albany, Ohio. He has written articles for youth audiences in the American history magazine Cobblestone, for educators in the magazine Instructor, and for fellow teachers in the magazine Teaching K-8. Pete has a bachelor's degree from The College of William and Mary and a Masters degree in education from The Ohio State University. This is his second book in the Badger Biographies series.