An ace is a fighter pilot who scores five or more aerial victories. Who is the top American ace?
Richard Bong scored 40 aerial victories against the Japanese during WWII while flying the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. He was awarded the Medal of Honor among other medals. And he survived WWII only to be killed while testing a Lockheed P-80 jet aircraft soon after the war ended.
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