Richard I. Bong Veterans Museum

Happy National Aviation Day!

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Our favorite flyers have celebrated this day, August 19th, since it was established in 1939 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, to recognize the history and development of aviation.

The image is a painting from our collection: Gene Hill painted this amazing piece of Major Bong flying his beloved “Marge”.