Pacific Morning: Black Sheep on the Prowl by Craig Kodera

Looking for targets of opportunity near Rabaul in the Solomon Islands, 1944, the legendary Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington (in foreground - #883) and other Marine Corps fighter pilots from the famous VMF-214 Black Sheep Squadron, scan the skies in their Vought F4U Corsairs. The famed Black Sheep pilots owned the skies in the Western Pacific.

Signatures:

LtCol John F. BOLT, USMC (Ret), Ace with 6 victories

Col Edwin A. HARPER, USMC (Ret)

BGen Bruce J. MATHESON, USMC (Ret)

Col H. Allan McCARTNEY, USMC (Ret)

1stLt Edwin L. OLANDER, USMC, Ace with 5 victories