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Fighter pilot (1920-1945) known as the highest-scoring air ace of the United States, having shot down at least 40 Japanese aircraft during World War II; he was killed in a crash while working as a Lockheed test pilot. Rare ink signature, “Major Richard I. Bong O433784, 9th F/Sq, 49th F/Gp., c/o Postmaster A.P.O. 503, San Francisco, Cal.,” penned as a return address on the reverse panel of a mailing envelope. In fine condition, with envelope glue-related staining.
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