In one particularly noteworthy engagement on October 17, 1943, then-Major Boyington led a formation of 24 gull-winged Vought ...

They built one of the greatest planes of World War Two. Then came a streak of humiliation so bad, pilots nicknamed their ...

On Oct. 17, 1943, in the skies over Papua New Guinea’s Bougainville Island, Boyington led a formation of 24 Vought F4U Corsairs over a Japanese airfield where 60 planes were grounded.

The initial carrier-landing qualifications for the Chance Vought F4U Corsair were a disaster. In fall 1942, ... Medal of Honor recipients “Pappy” Boyington, Robert Hanson, ...

On Thursday, a Corsair F4U — owned by the Erickson Aircraft Collection museum in Madras, Oregon — swooped into the Tacoma Narrows Airport in Gig Harbor in preparation for Friday’s ceremony.

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A few minutes before 3:00 pm, an F4U Corsair fighter plane from World War II buzzed over Tacoma's Lincoln High School. The flyover honored one of the war's best pilots: Gregory "Pappy" Boyington ...