{"id":9447498,"date":"2026-08-04T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T14:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=9447498"},"modified":"2026-08-04T17:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:05:24","slug":"pappy-boyington-squadrone-delle-pecore-nere-vmf-214","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/pappy-boyington-black-sheep-squadron-vmf-214\/","title":{"rendered":"Pappy Boyington e la Squadra delle Pecore Nere"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n\r\n<p>Era un rissoso, un bevitore, un uomo che aveva falsificato la propria firma per entrare in una scuola di volo e che aveva preso a pugni un ufficiale superiore mentre usciva da una di esse. Era anche, quando era ai comandi di un Corsair ad ala ricurva sopra le Isole Salomone, uno dei migliori piloti da caccia che gli Stati Uniti abbiano mai prodotto. Gregory Boyington incarnava entrambe queste qualit\u00e0, e non si \u00e8 mai scusato per nessuna delle due.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Lo squadrone che aveva formato con piloti di riserva e scarti divenne il pi\u00f9 famoso nella storia del Corpo dei Marines: il VMF-214, le Pecore Nere. Per alcune settimane infuocate sul Pacifico furono intoccabili. Poi il loro comandante scomparve, e l&#039;America trascorse un anno e mezzo credendo che fosse morto.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px 22px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:8px;border:1px solid #e5e5e5\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:18px\">Informazioni rapide<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.8\"><li><strong>Chi:<\/strong> Colonnello Gregory \u201cPappy\u201d Boyington (1912\u20131988), Corpo dei Marines degli Stati Uniti<\/li><li><strong>Squadrone:<\/strong> Il VMF-214, soprannominato &quot;Pecora Nera&quot;, si form\u00f2 nel Pacifico meridionale nel 1943.<\/li><li><strong>Aeromobili:<\/strong> il Vought F4U Corsair<\/li><li><strong>Punto:<\/strong> Gli vengono attribuite 28 vittorie aeree entro la fine della guerra (le sei ottenute durante il periodo con i Flying Tigers sono ancora oggetto di dibattito).<\/li><li><strong>Abbattuto:<\/strong> 3 gennaio 1944, nei pressi di Rabaul; catturato e tenuto prigioniero di guerra per 20 mesi.<\/li><li><strong>Onorificenze:<\/strong> Medaglia d&#039;onore e Croce della Marina<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Il nonno prende il comando<\/h2>\r\n<p>Prima di arruolarsi nei Marines, Boyington aveva prestato servizio nei Flying Tigers in Birmania, dove gli furono attribuite sei vittorie aeree \u2013 una cifra controversa da allora \u2013 e dove, francamente, i suoi commilitoni non lo sopportavano. Torn\u00f2 nei Marines nel 1942 e nel 1943 gli fu affidato uno squadrone improvvisato di piloti di rimpiazzo nelle Isole Salomone. A 31 anni, era dieci anni pi\u00f9 vecchio della maggior parte di loro. Lo chiamavano Gramps, soprannome che un corrispondente di guerra addolc\u00ec in Pappy, e il nome gli rimase per sempre.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1420184725  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/pappy-boyington-corsair.jpg\" alt=\"Pappy Boyington accanto a un F4U Corsair\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Il maggiore Gregory Pappy Boyington, comandante del VMF-214. A 31 anni era dieci anni pi\u00f9 vecchio dei suoi piloti, che lo soprannominarono prima Gramps e poi Pappy. Foto: San Diego Air &amp; Space Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Ci\u00f2 che Pappy fece con quegli uomini fu sbalorditivo. In un arco di 32 giorni abbatt\u00e9 personalmente 14 aerei giapponesi. Guid\u00f2 in prima linea e combatt\u00e9 con intelligenza e astuzia, studiando le tattiche nemiche per poi utilizzarle. La sua impresa pi\u00f9 famosa avvenne il 17 ottobre 1943, quando sorvol\u00f2 l&#039;aeroporto giapponese di Kahili con una ventina di caccia e sfid\u00f2 apertamente il nemico ad avvicinarsi. Sessanta aerei erano di stanza l\u00ec; venti di questi furono abbattuti quel giorno, e nemmeno un Black Sheep and\u00f2 perduto.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/puLcps169hk\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>La spavalderia dello squadrone divenne leggendaria. Quando i giocatori di baseball della Major League si offrirono di inviare dei cappellini, gli uomini di Boyington promisero di abbattere uno Zero giapponese per ognuno di essi. Arrivarono venti cappellini. E mantennero la promessa.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"display:flex;justify-content:center;margin:2em 0\"><blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" data-embed-height=\"500\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/WWIIplanes\/comments\/1lccvq7\/marine_major_gregory_pappy_boyington_commanding\/\">Maggiore Gregory Pappy Boyington, comandante del VMF-214<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Il giorno in cui scomparve<\/h2>\r\n<p>Il 3 gennaio 1944, Boyington guid\u00f2 una missione di ricognizione aerea sulla grande roccaforte giapponese di Rabaul. Abbatt\u00e9 un altro aereo, ma poi, nel vorticoso combattimento aereo, scomparve. Il suo gregario, il capitano George Ashmun, fu ucciso. Nessuno vide cosa accadde a Pappy. Dopo una ricerca infruttuosa, il Corpo dei Marines lo dichiar\u00f2 disperso e, a marzo, il presidente Roosevelt gli confer\u00ec la Medal of Honor, presumendo che sarebbe stata consegnata alla sua famiglia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=360351610  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/f4u-corsair-in-flight.jpg\" alt=\"F4U Corsair in volo\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Il Vought F4U Corsair con le ali ripiegate. Nelle mani di Boyington divenne uno dei caccia pi\u00f9 letali del Pacifico. Foto: Marina degli Stati Uniti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Non era morto. Boyington era stato ripescato dal mare dall&#039;equipaggio di un sottomarino giapponese e aveva trascorso i successivi 20 mesi nei campi di prigionia, da Rabaul a un campo vicino a Tokyo, insieme ad altri prigionieri famosi, tra cui il corridore olimpico Louis Zamperini. I giapponesi non lo registrarono mai come prigioniero di guerra, quindi per il mondo rimase disperso. Fu finalmente liberato alla fine di agosto del 1945, emaciato ma vivo e \u2013 per sua stessa ammissione ironica \u2013 pi\u00f9 sano grazie a due anni di forzata sobriet\u00e0.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">La leggenda e l&#039;uomo<\/h2>\r\n<p>Boyington ricevette la Medaglia d&#039;Onore dal Presidente Truman nell&#039;ottobre del 1945. Il resto della sua vita fu pi\u00f9 travagliato della guerra: alcolismo, diversi divorzi, una serie di lavori civili, persino un periodo come arbitro di wrestling professionistico. Negli anni &#039;70 una serie televisiva, <em>Baa Baa Pecora Nera<\/em>, lo rese di nuovo famoso \u2014 una versione dei fatti che lui liquid\u00f2 allegramente come &quot;sciocchezze e pagliacciate hollywoodiane&quot;.\u201c<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201cS\u00ec, potrei pilotarlo anche oggi, se fosse in condizioni di volo.\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Gregory &quot;Pappy&quot; Boyington<\/strong> \u2014 gli fu chiesto nel 1981 se fosse ancora in grado di pilotare il Corsair<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Non perse mai la sicurezza del pilota da caccia. Durante una riunione allo Smithsonian nel 1981, in piedi davanti a un Corsair restaurato, un giovane fan gli chiese se fosse ancora in grado di pilotarlo. Pappy non esit\u00f2.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sEQt3agNxiU\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Mor\u00ec di cancro ai polmoni nel 1988 e fu sepolto ad Arlington, in una tomba che si trova proprio accanto a quella del pugile Joe Louis. Uno dei suoi vecchi compagni, le Pecore Nere, guard\u00f2 le due lapidi e disse l&#039;unica cosa che c&#039;era davvero da dire.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201c&quot;Al vecchio Pappy non sarebbe dovuto andare lontano per trovare una bella rissa.&quot;\u2019<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Fred Losch<\/strong> \u2014 Veterano dei Black Sheep, presso la tomba di Boyington ad Arlington \u2014 accanto a quella del pugile Joe Louis<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Difficile, indisciplinato, fuori dal comune: Pappy Boyington non \u00e8 mai stato il marine modello che i manifesti di reclutamento desideravano. Era qualcosa di pi\u00f9 raro: l&#039;uomo che avresti voluto al comando della tua squadriglia quando le probabilit\u00e0 erano contro di te e il nemico si avvicinava minaccioso.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;color:#777;font-size:14px\">Fonti: Wikipedia; Bruce Gamble, <em>Pecora Nera Uno<\/em>; Divisione di storia del Corpo dei Marines degli Stati Uniti; Los Angeles Times; The New York Times.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Post correlati<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/il-curtiss-p-40-warhawk-e-le-tigri-volanti\/\">Il Curtiss P-40 Warhawk e le Tigri Volanti<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/f4u-corsair-first-flight-may-29-1940-anniversary\/\">86 anni fa, oggi: il F4U Corsair effettua il suo primo volo.<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/saburo-sakai-zero-ace-guadalcanal-wounded-flight\/\">Colpito al cranio, vol\u00f2 via<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Un marine rissoso e dedito all&#039;alcol cre\u00f2 lo squadrone pi\u00f9 famoso della guerra del Pacifico, per poi scomparire per 20 mesi come prigioniero dei giapponesi.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":9446889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[666,664],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9447498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history-and-legends","category-military-aviation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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