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Gregory “Pappy” Boyington Was a member of ROTC while at the University of Washington. Upon graduating with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering in 1934, he served with the Coast Artillery Reserve in Washington State and also worked as a draftsman in Tacoma, Washington at Boeing Aircraft.
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 ...
30 de may. de 2017 · At age 31, Boyington was nearly a decade older than most of his pilots and earned the nicknames "Gramps" and "Pappy." Flying their first combat mission on September 14, the pilots of VMF-214 quickly began accumulating kills. Among those adding to their tally was Boyington who downed 14 Japanese planes a 32-day span, including five on September 19.
16 de nov. de 2021 · Major Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, commander of Marine Corp fighter squadron VMF-214 (“Black Sheep”) in the cockpit of his aircraft. Stan Bailey went after another Zero, chasing it downward as his wingman, Bob Alexander, dutifully disrupted a pack of three that tried to get on Bailey’s tail.
Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, USMC, flying ace, who was reported missing for 16 months, as seen after his rescue from prison camp hospital at Aomori near Tokyo. Shown: Commander Harold E. Stassen (Right), greets the Major. Boyington later received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war. Photograph dated August 29, 1945.
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