#Richard Bong

[the-history-of-fighting]

Richard "Dick" Ira Bong (1920 – 1945) was America’s top fighter pilot during the WW II, with forty confirmed Japanese aircraft down by his Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter.

Bong considered himself to be a poor shot so to compensate, he would get very close to his target, sometimes even flying through the debris of exploding planes. His exploits include:

He was once caught alone by nine Japanese zeros. He turned to face them, took out three and managed to send the rest into retreat.

When escorting a small boat over the Pacific, he noticed a large crocodile following it. He promptly dropped down to sea level and blew the creature out of the water with his 20mm autocannon.

In 1942, he was temporarily grounded for looping over the Golden Gate Bridge and flying so low down a street in San Francisco that he blew the clothes off a woman’s clothesline. When reprimanding him, his commanding officer General George C. Kenney said:

“If you didn't want to fly down Market Street, I wouldn't have you in my Air Force, but you are not to do it anymore and I mean what I say.” Kenney later wrote, “We needed kids like this lad.”

The History of Fighting

#modern history #world war 2 #richard bong #aviation

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

#art #etching engraving #woodcut #french school #personification of death #dance of death #death and the hermit #allegory of death #skeleton #the grim reaper #richard bong #leon augustin lhermitte

[dronescapesvideos]

U.S. Ace of Aces Major Richard Bong. P-38 Lightning Pilot. Medal of Honor, DSC, Silver Star with 1 OLC (Oak Leaf Cluster), Distinguished Flying Cross (British) DFC with 6 OLCs, Air Medal with 14 OLCs. VIDEO ➤➤ https://youtu.be/0DUd-sNBcWY

#fighter ace #ace #youtube #aircraft #airplane #ww2 #aviation #wwii #dronescapes #military #documentary #hero #Richard Bong #ace of aces #ace pilot #pilot ace #wwii era #ww2 history #world war ii #world war 2 #wwii history #aviation lovers #aviation photography #aviation industry #aviator #p 38 lightning #p 38 #Lockheed p38 #medal of honor #decorated

[operafantomet]

OK... Firmin's Masquerade costume.

I will never NOT be amused by the original monster crocodile skeleton West End mask (row 1)?! Apparently quickly replaced by a more standard skull mask, as John Savident got to wear that before he left (left photo, row 2).

But then also Maria Bjørnson's revamped version of the design, where Firmin's green cloak is literally covered in skulls (row 3, row 4). It looks like this cloak version was only implemented into the Australian production, and with this also the World Tour - photos shows Kim Bong Hwan and John O'May.

I do however think it's curious that when they wanted to vamp up Firmin's costume for the reopening of the flagship productions in West End and on Broadway they chose not to do the skull cloak, as Maria Bjørnson definitely designed. Instead they gave him a black waistcoat with white skeleton decorations to wear over his regular cloak. Hum. I enjoy the waistcoat, but I also feel it makes him too similar to André. I'd rather see the skull cloak. Row 5 shows David Michael Garry on Broadway, and Tim Morgan in West End.

#phantom of the opera #phantom of the opera design #from design to costume #masquerade #richard firmin #maria bjørnson #john savident #kim bong hwan #john o'may #david michael garry #tim morgan

[thranduilofsmirkwood]

#elf girl with bong #high elves #legolas Orlando bloom #aragorn #viggo mortensen #haldir #craig parker #hobbit gifs #lotr gifs #bagginshield #richard armitage #thorin #bilbo #martin freeman #bagginshield gif #aragolas

[superbeeny]

A priceless aspect of the Watership Down book’s Efrafa plot is the fact the Watership Down Warren basically caused an understaffing crisis at the Efrafa Owsla because they got one guy fired, one guy run over by a train, and another Bigwig sicced a fox on him. So when Bigwig went in and said “I totally want a job here”, and Woundwort, not being a totally stupid Evil Overlord, knew deep down that it was fishy that anyone would willingly join his miserable Rabbit Dystopia, but he’s so badly in need of qualified people for the position that he took the risk, the rabbits basically pulled a Parasite on them, only they’re actual villains and genuinely had it coming.    

Another priceless aspect of the Watership Down book is how Bigwig nose-boops Fiver as a way to apologize for insulting him just before getting snared at Cowslip’s Warren, and also does the same to Hazel when he accepts the mission to infiltrate Efrafa. 

#the more bigwig heard at his job orientation the more he thought 'oh I am going to enjoy betraying these bastards so much' #watership down #bigwig #richard adams #children's literature #children's lit #books #meta #parasite #bong joon-ho #general woundwort

[richardspenderposting]

yoo the chapter 8 cover is nuts guys

#paranatural spoilers #paranatural #pnat #pnat spoilers #richard spender #kontent #i just made the original edit as a gag i couldnt stop imagining and after hitting the bong i was like #hey this looks like a cool cover

[timmurleyart]

Post Malone (Sunflower version).🌞🎤🌼☀️🌻💵🎵

#post malone cooped up #post malone #austin richard post #beer bongs and bentleys #twelve carat toothache #swae lee #gunna #ty dolla $ign #doja cat #grunge music #country music #stoney #beer pong #rnb music #trap music #hip hop music #hip hop culture #face tattoo #rock star #cloud rap #rap rock #abstract portrait #portrait artist #rolling stone magazine #sunflower #syracuse #Hollywood bleeding #i fall apart #wrapped around your finger #vinyl records

[cncozutarapoto]

Incorrect CNCO: Bing Bong

Chris: Fuck ya life! Bing bong!

Richard: If you see these dogs in your front yard, huh, just know upstairs I'm going hard. Bing bong.

Erick: What do you wanna tell Joe Byron right now?

Zabdiel: Sup baby, take me out to dinner

Erick: Ayo

Richard: Ayo Ariana Grande whassup mama come to Coney Island, take a spin on the Cyclone. I miss you.

#i didn't know where else to put chris ok? #honestly all of these could work for richard #i made this last november and forgot about it #cnco #christopher velez #erick brian colon #richard camacho #zabdiel de jesus #cncomusic #bing bong

[preeeow]

who wants to go to the dick bong recreation area with me

#its richard bong but were friends #poasting

[thebestestwinner]

Posters included so nobody gets confused about which Titanic is competing

See pinned post for the full bracket!

#best best original screenplay tournament #best original screenplay #oscars #academy awards #parasite #bong joon ho #han jin won #titanic #charles brackett #richard l. breen #walter reisch #bracket tournament #brackets #poll #polls

[7habitsofhighlyeviceratedpeople]

Woke up thinking about Rick, remembered I have the sleep schedule of a 90 year old man which caused me to go to sleep early last night. Soooo I planned to cosplay Rick this morning and mess around with Outlast mods on stream for a bit after getting some cosplay shit done. ( plus the usual routine of going about my day as Rick )

#imagine richard trager taking the fattest bong rip you’ve ever seen and then coughing like he’s got TB for 5 minutes straight #team rick #outlast #outlast fandom #richard trager #richard trager cosplay

[dronescapesvideos]

Flight test of the Lockheed YP-38 airplane equipped with Allison V-1710-2, 1941

➤➤ P-38 Ace Richard Bong: https://youtu.be/0DUd-sNBcWY

#p38 #youtube #aircraft #p 38 lightning #bong #Richard Bong #airplane #aviation #dronescapes #military #documentary #ww2 #wwii #aviation history #History #lockheed

[gnarlyimp]

if the infinite universe theory is true that means theres a universe where instead of rick and morty infiltrating smoke shops it’s just the tgf/tsh main characters

#i need a richard papen-smoking-a-bong mug

[captain-price-unofficially]

Ace Richard “Dick” Bong with his P-38.

#wwii #aviation #pacific theater

[did-someone-say-aliens]

you me

HOT TOPIC

what are we getting for dinner? Hello kitty soda of course! 

UH OH 

somebody put a bong in our hot topic hello kitty soda

black out

wake up in a club

we’re surrounded by SCENE KIDS. ENERGETIC SCENE KIDS. You know what that means SCENE MOSH PIT

The stench draws in a toxic alt gatekeeper. What do we do? WE’RE GONNA ARGUE. Scene fight. Scene handed. Scene. NAKED??? OH YES PLEASE

we befriend the toxic alt gatekeeper after they opened up to us about their fear of being replaced. we ride it into a invader zim convention. RICHARD. STEVEN. HORVITZ. 

SCENE REVOLUTION? OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT? UHH, I THINK SO! 

next thing you know, i’m reincarnated as 6arelyhuman. Then I turn into a bungee cord and springle into the sun. Black out again, wake up, eat some tidepods, WHITE OUT which i didn’t know you could do. Then smoked a joint. GREENED OUT. then turns INTO THE SUN

uh oh! looks like the monster is kicking in. OHOWJWOWOQOALANS DNAKMS

#you me gas station #scenecore #scene kids #invader zim #bullshit #shitpost #autism #emo scene #scenemo