April 10, 2026 at 5:50 a.m.

‘I always wanted to be a pilot’

MHLT student’s project about Wisconsin native and World War Two ace Richard Bong gets noticed
Nico Tippett with John Gidley, left, executive director of the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior and one of Richard Bong’s nephews, Keith Fechtelkotter. (Contributed photograph)
Nico Tippett with John Gidley, left, executive director of the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior and one of Richard Bong’s nephews, Keith Fechtelkotter. (Contributed photograph)
By BRIAN JOPEK
Reporter
It was in the northern Wisconsin village of Poplar in Douglas County that Richard Ira …

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