2007-03-09 04:04:42 · 7 answers · asked by Barbara S 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Greg "Pappy" Boyington. He was also the consultant on the TV series.
2007-03-09 04:09:36 · answer #1 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington
Marine Attack Squadron 214 (VMA-214) is a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron consisting of AV-8B Harrier (V/STOL) jets. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 13 (MAG-13), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
The squadron is most well known as the Blacksheep of World War II fame and for one of its commanding officers, Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, whose memoirs also inspired the 1970s television show Baa Baa Black Sheep, which dramatized the squadron's exploits during the war
2007-03-09 12:10:15 · answer #2 · answered by serialthrilla099 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington
C.O. VMF-214, Black Sheep Squadron
http://www.acepilots.com/usmc_boyington.html
2007-03-09 12:11:35 · answer #3 · answered by MikeDot3s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pappy Boyington
2007-03-09 12:12:50 · answer #4 · answered by phil c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Greg "Pappy" Boyington
2007-03-09 12:14:23 · answer #5 · answered by kepjr100 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
" Pappy " Boyington.
2007-03-09 12:10:10 · answer #6 · answered by lurned1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What they said.
2007-03-10 03:10:48 · answer #7 · answered by rick h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋