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Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (December 4, 1912 – January 11, 1988) ... Boyington was the inspiration for the NROL-82 mission patch that launched in April 2021.
There Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (Medal of Honor, Navy Cross) took command of the 27 pilots who became the original "Black Sheep" of VMF-214. Major Boyington had just returned from a year's tour in China as a member of the 1st American Volunteer Group , commonly called the Flying Tigers , where he was credited with downing multiple ...
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington broke his contract with the AVG [26] in the spring of 1942 and returned to active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps. He went on to command the "Black Sheep" Squadron and was one of two AVG veterans (the other being James H. Howard of the USAAF) to be awarded the Medal of Honor .
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington United States American Volunteer Group; U.S. Marine Corps: 28 Ace status on 2 different air forces. Includes six kills he claimed with the AVG, though records indicate he had only 2 aerial kills and 1.5 kills on the ground. SaburÅ Sakai Japan Imperial Japanese Navy: 28 Includes unknown number of shared.
Pappy Boyington: Sioux Marine Corps: Major: World War II: Central Solomons area, Pacific Ocean: September 12, 1943 – January 3, 1944: Led his squadron in a series of missions against superior numbers Ernest Childers: Muscogee [2] Army: Second Lieutenant: World War II: Oliveto, Italy: September 22, 1943
However, the Marine Corps credits Marine ace Gregory "Pappy" Boyington with 28 American victories. This is due to Boyington's (22 Marine victories) wartime claim of 6 victories scored while serving with the Flying Tigers (American Volunteer Group-AVG) in China at the beginning of World War II, prior to him rejoining the Marine Corps; [55]
I-181 (originally I-81) was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kaidai-type cruiser submarine of the KD7 sub-class commissioned in 1943. During World War II, she conducted two war patrols, rescued the United States Marine Corps ace Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, and took part in the New Guinea campaign before American warships sank her in January 1944.
Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is the commanding officer of VMF-214, a Marine squadron of "misfit" fighter pilots based on the Solomon Islands campaign and Bougainville campaign from 1943 to 1945 during World War II.