blood red skies us ace pilot pappy boyingtonGregory Boyington first flew in combat as part of the American Volunteer Group, the Flying Tigers, in China before Americas entry into WW2. In 1943 Boyington rejoined the US Marine Corps and began flying combat missions, taking command of Marine fighter squadron VMF 214 (Black Sheep) in September of that year. As the oldest pilot in the squadron 31 year old Boyington was dubbed Pappy by his men. Pappy prosecuted a ferocious air war against Japan in