WWII ace pilot Richard Bong's plane crashed in 1944. A team has launched a search for the wreckage in the South Pacific.

Richard Bong, who shot down more planes than any other U.S. pilot, flew a fighter plane nicknamed "Marge" in honor of his girlfriend.

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