P-38 Lightning “Dick Bong’s Marge”
Filed under American Warplanes • Military Airplane Models
Country: United States Air Force
Aircraft: Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Scale: approx.1:144
Manufacturer: Corgi
Date Bought: December 8, 2006
Price: Php 300.00
This WWII-era plane, along with a B-1 Bomber model, are the first military planes in my collection. I bought them on the same day I received my writer’s copy of the Literary Apprentice Lite 2006; think of them as a self-reward for having been published.
From the model’s profile card:
This aircraft was the first of Dick Bong’s P-38 to feature the famous portrait of his new sweetheart, Marge Vettendahl, on its nose. He had met his future wife during his extended spell on leave in late 1943. Bong was given this unique posting to ensure that Bong became the first American to pass Eddie Rickenbacker’s 26-kill record set in World War I.
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More on the P-38 Lightning on Wikipedia.
Posted by Corsarius on December 25th, 2006 | 
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