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Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (December 4, 1912 – January 11, 1988) was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross .
He also portrayed private investigator Tom Lopaka in Hawaiian Eye (1959–1963) and World War II ace Pappy Boyington in Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976–1978) (later syndicated as Black Sheep Squadron). In addition to acting, he was a singer and recorded several pop/rock songs in the late 1950s and early 1960s as Bob Conrad.
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 ...
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.
Similarly, the Flying Tigers have been the focus of several novels, including Tonya, by Pappy Boyington; Remains, by Daniel Ford; Spies in the Garden, by Bob Bergin, [43] Tiger Ten by William D. Blankenship, [44] Wings of a Flying Tiger and Will of a Tiger, both written by Dr. Iris Yang. [45]
Boyington is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: William W. Boyington (1818–1898), U.S. architect; Pappy Boyington (1912–1988), U.S. fighter pilot of World War II; Jessica Boyington (born 1985), U.S. beauty queen
"It's really hard when you lose your best friend," Pamela Turek said about her husband of 32 years, Paul Turek, who died after the storm.
Pappy Boyington (1912–1988), American Flying Tiger and fighter ace in World War II; Fred Coe (1914–1979), American television producer and director; Pappy Daily (1902–1987), American country music record producer and entrepreneur