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Pappy Boyington was well on his way to becoming the top Marine Corps ace of World War II, ending the conflict with 28 victories. The flamboyant Pappy Boyington instilled an aggressive attitude among the young pilots of VMF-214. During 84 days of combat the squadron shot down 100 enemy aircraft and destroyed a like number on the ground.
During World War II, Col. Boyington fearlessly downed 22 enemy aircraft over the Solomon Islands, leading his squadron with the destruction of 126 aircraft over the course of 9 months of continuous combat. In 1944, he was presumed dead and awarded the Medal of Honor by President Roosevelt. However, he was alive and being held in a Japanese ...
Gregory Boyington, dit « Pappy » 1, né le 4 décembre 1912 à Cœur d'Alene dans l' Idaho et mort le 11 janvier 1988 à Fresno en Californie, est un pilote de chasse américain du Corps des Marines des États-Unis . Il est titulaire de 28 victoires homologuées dont six en Chine avec le 1st American Volunteer Group (les « Tigres volants »).
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington. For extraordinary heroism and valiant devotion to duty as commanding officer of Marine Fighting Squadron 214 in action against enemy Japanese forces in the central Solomons area from 12 September 1943 to 3 January 1944. Consistently outnumbered throughout successive hazardous flights over heavily defended hostile ...
3 gen 2020 · Boyington’s Bastards: The Legendary Black Sheep Squadron. From Marine Corps orphans to top-scoring fighter pilots, the fabled Black Sheep followed pugnacious “Pappy” Boyington to fame. Gregory “Pappy” Boyington maneuvers his Vought F4U-1A Corsair for position against a Japanese Zero over Rabaul on December 27, 1943.
12 gen 1988 · Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, the Marine flying ace of World War II who commanded the famous Black Sheep Squadron, shot down 28 Japanese planes and won the Medal of Honor, died here this morning at a ...
17 gen 2020 · Gregory Boyington is best known as the hard-living leader of Marine fighter squadron VMF-214, the “Black Sheep” celebrated in books and a TV series, and for earning the Navy Cross and Medal of Honor while fighting the Japanese in Vought F4U Corsairs in the South Pacific. But before he led the Black Sheep and was known as “Pappy ...
