Pappy Boyington: WWII Ace Pilot Shot Down in Aerial Dogfight on Jan. 3, 1944

Special edition magazine commemorates 80th anniversary of the Black Sheep Squadron. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Gregory ‘Pappy’ Boyington was a Marine Corps fighter pilot and the commanding officer of the VMF-214 Black Sheep Squadron in the Pacific during World War II….