The Black Sheep Squadron In World War Two #shorts #youtubeshorts #historyfacts #ww2

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The Black Sheep ended their second combat tour on 8 January 1944, five days after Major Boyington was shot down and captured by the Japanese. The original Black Sheep were disbanded and the pilots were placed in the pilot pool in Marine Aircraft Group 11. Exploits of this incarnation of the unit were loosely fictionalized in the 1970s television series Baa Baa Black Sheep, later renamed Black Sheep Squadron, starring Robert Conrad as Boyington.

VMF-214 was reformed on 29 January 1944 at Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara near Goleta, California.