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mainly depict modern and historic aviation along with military, civil and space flight. We
also deal with naval subjects and military armor and infantry works. These prints are
from all the top national and international artists along with some local artists. Many of
our prints are signed by the artist and by famous pilots and veterans. If you are looking
for a specific plane, pilot, artist or subject please contact us.
mainly depict modern and historic aviation along with military, civil and space flight. We
also deal with naval subjects and military armor and infantry works. These prints are
from all the top national and international artists along with some local artists. Many of
our prints are signed by the artist and by famous pilots and veterans. If you are looking
for a specific plane, pilot, artist or subject please contact us.
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"Marge & Pudgy"
This Limited Edition Print of two of America's greatest hero's Major Richard I. Bong &
Major Thomas B. McGuire and thier two distinct P-38's Lightning's "Marge" & "Pudgy"
14"x 18" Print Size ---- Limited Edition 375 Prints Signed by the Artist
Major Thomas B. McGuire and thier two distinct P-38's Lightning's "Marge" & "Pudgy"
14"x 18" Print Size ---- Limited Edition 375 Prints Signed by the Artist
Maj. Richard I. Bong
America’s Ace of Ace’s (40 victories)
The first of nine children, born in 1920 to a Swedish immigrant father and American-born mother,
Dick Bong's upbringing epitomized the values and expectations of that era - loyalty to his family and
a deep sense of patriotism. Like all farm children, he had chores to perform and was expected to
drive farm machinery at an early age. He hunted and fished in the surrounding woods and streams,
played on his school athletic teams and sang in his church choir; as his 4H project he planted the
extensive evergreen windbreak on the family farm, still in the family. At that time he modeled the ideal
all-American boy.
Dick became enamored of flying as a small boy, watching planes fly over the farm carrying mail for
President Calvin Coolidge's summer White House in Superior. As a college student he learned to fly
in the Civilian Pilot Training program; at the age of 20 he became a flying cadet in the US Army Air
Corps, in time for the entry of America into World War II. Dick became America's all-time Ace of Aces,
downing 40 enemy planes in the Pacific theater of the war while flying P-38 fighter planes. His many
decorations for outstanding skills and extraordinary courage included the Congressional Medal of
Honor.
Dick was ordered home for his safety and married his sweetheart, Marge, in Superior. Six months
later he was killed test piloting the first Lockheed jet fighter plane. His death at the age of 24 occured
the same day that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, yet he received banner headlines in
the national newspapers.
Thousands attended Dick's funeral services in Superior, and many more lined the funeral route to the
Poplar cemetary, where he was buried in the family plot. In 1955, ten years after his death, a memorial
was dedicated to Dick Bong in his hometown of Poplar, Wisconsin.
America’s Ace of Ace’s (40 victories)
The first of nine children, born in 1920 to a Swedish immigrant father and American-born mother,
Dick Bong's upbringing epitomized the values and expectations of that era - loyalty to his family and
a deep sense of patriotism. Like all farm children, he had chores to perform and was expected to
drive farm machinery at an early age. He hunted and fished in the surrounding woods and streams,
played on his school athletic teams and sang in his church choir; as his 4H project he planted the
extensive evergreen windbreak on the family farm, still in the family. At that time he modeled the ideal
all-American boy.
Dick became enamored of flying as a small boy, watching planes fly over the farm carrying mail for
President Calvin Coolidge's summer White House in Superior. As a college student he learned to fly
in the Civilian Pilot Training program; at the age of 20 he became a flying cadet in the US Army Air
Corps, in time for the entry of America into World War II. Dick became America's all-time Ace of Aces,
downing 40 enemy planes in the Pacific theater of the war while flying P-38 fighter planes. His many
decorations for outstanding skills and extraordinary courage included the Congressional Medal of
Honor.
Dick was ordered home for his safety and married his sweetheart, Marge, in Superior. Six months
later he was killed test piloting the first Lockheed jet fighter plane. His death at the age of 24 occured
the same day that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, yet he received banner headlines in
the national newspapers.
Thousands attended Dick's funeral services in Superior, and many more lined the funeral route to the
Poplar cemetary, where he was buried in the family plot. In 1955, ten years after his death, a memorial
was dedicated to Dick Bong in his hometown of Poplar, Wisconsin.
Maj. Thomas B. McGuire
America's 2nd highest Ace (38 victories)
Born on August 1, 1920 at Ridgewood, New Jersey, he grew up there and in Sebring, Florida. He
graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1941 and enlisted in the Army Air Corps,
completing his avition training and received promotion to Captain early in 1942.
After service in the United States and Alaska he was ordered in March 1943 to the 49th Fighter Group
of the 5th United States Air Force, then operating in the Southwest Pacific Area and in particular
providing an early air screen for Darwin and Northern Australia. Subsequently he was transferred to
the 475th Fighter Group, 13th Air Force, where he won promotion to Major.
He was already a leading ace with a record of 31 Japanese planes shot down when he volunteered on
December 5, 1944 to lead a squadron of P-38s on a bomber escort mission over Mabalacar Airdrome
on Luzon, Philippines. He shot down 3 of 20 Japanese Zero fighters that attacked his squadron. The
next day, on a similar mission over Clark Field, near Manila, he exposed himself in order to draw fire
away from a crippled bomber and shot down 3 of the 4 fighters that were attacking it. Another score
on his way home that day brought his total to 38. On January 7, 1945, while leading a flight of four
P-38s over Los Negros Island, he attempted a highly-dangerous maneuver in order to aid a comrade
who was losing an encounter with a Japanese Zero and crashed.
He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in March 1946 for his actions on December 25-26,
1944 and January 7, 1945. His score of 38 enemy kills made him the second leading American fighter
pilot of World War II, following Major Richard Bong. McGuire Air Force Base in his home state of New
Jersey was named in his honor.
America's 2nd highest Ace (38 victories)
Born on August 1, 1920 at Ridgewood, New Jersey, he grew up there and in Sebring, Florida. He
graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1941 and enlisted in the Army Air Corps,
completing his avition training and received promotion to Captain early in 1942.
After service in the United States and Alaska he was ordered in March 1943 to the 49th Fighter Group
of the 5th United States Air Force, then operating in the Southwest Pacific Area and in particular
providing an early air screen for Darwin and Northern Australia. Subsequently he was transferred to
the 475th Fighter Group, 13th Air Force, where he won promotion to Major.
He was already a leading ace with a record of 31 Japanese planes shot down when he volunteered on
December 5, 1944 to lead a squadron of P-38s on a bomber escort mission over Mabalacar Airdrome
on Luzon, Philippines. He shot down 3 of 20 Japanese Zero fighters that attacked his squadron. The
next day, on a similar mission over Clark Field, near Manila, he exposed himself in order to draw fire
away from a crippled bomber and shot down 3 of the 4 fighters that were attacking it. Another score
on his way home that day brought his total to 38. On January 7, 1945, while leading a flight of four
P-38s over Los Negros Island, he attempted a highly-dangerous maneuver in order to aid a comrade
who was losing an encounter with a Japanese Zero and crashed.
He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in March 1946 for his actions on December 25-26,
1944 and January 7, 1945. His score of 38 enemy kills made him the second leading American fighter
pilot of World War II, following Major Richard Bong. McGuire Air Force Base in his home state of New
Jersey was named in his honor.