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On August 6th, 1945, Air Force Ace and Medel of Honor winner Major Richard 'Dick' Bomb was killed during a test flight of a Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star when it crashed in North Hollywood due to a fuel pump malfunction, aged only 24. So famous was he, Bong's death could not overshadowed, even by the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, which shared the headlines with Bong's death when the story was initially broken.
The question is, my dear Alternate historians, is what would have happened had Major Bong lived? What role could he have played in the Space Program and beyond?