//-->, By JAMES LOWERY TOROKINA AIRFIELD, BOUGAINVILLE, 27 Dec. 1943 — (Delayed) — (UP) — Maj. Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, Okanogan, Wash., shot down his 25th enemy plane over Rabaul today and vowed that he would take to the air every day until he broke the American record of 26 victories set by Maj. Joe. DECORATIONS AWAIT In between duckings he took stock of his injuries. George had already been flamed and hit the ocean. Mrs. Malcolmson's attorney, Joseph B. Haller, said he had received a telephone call from Boyington's Los Angeles attorney, Arthur Miller, who said the Marine ace had no intention of marrying her now or ever." "Pappy Isn't That Kind" His birthplace was in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Sheriff’s deputies began a search for Mrs. Malcolmson. Marine Major Gregory Boyington, 30, of Okanogan, Wash., accomplished the rare feat last Thursday as almost 150 Dauntless dive bombers and Avenger torpedo bombers, escorted by fighters, raided the Ballale airdrome on Bougainville island. Lt. Chuck Carr, who flew with Boyington, said the mission was a sweep over Rapopo airdrome. He added 22 more kills while leading the Black Sheep Squadron as a Marine major in the South Pacific after the United States entered World War II. I actually jumped off a cliff in the dark, further injuring myself and undoing the repair work that the doctors had already done. Boyington rapped the counsel table nervously with his fingers—his face expressionless—as the attractive auburn-haired defendant testified. GUADALCANAL, 6 Jan, 1944 - (AP) - Major Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington of Okanogan, Wash., was officially credited today with shooting down his 26th Japanese plane to tie the record set by a fellow Marine, Major Joe Foss. They were armed with a warrant for her arrest on seven charges of grand theft totaling $9,340. My opinion of Chennault began to go downhill following his orders for a greater effort in ground attack missions - missions that were costing us in aircraft and pilots for no appreciable gain. "The Jap called all prisoners into formation, then beat Harris for half an hour with a baseball bat, knocking him down 20 times. "After arriving Omaha distance will go faster. Dr. C. B. Boyington of St. Maries Idaho, father of the hero, was not at the airport when the big four engined plane landed in the early morning fog, the Associated Press reported. Her preliminary hearing was set for June 26. My first hit blew up, and a second plane I hit began to smoke and the pilot bailed out. They were the first line of defense, and the Japs never got through them to reach us. As I fired at one, the other pulled a loop over me, so I had to break off and compensate for the maneuver. As an occasional treat, a fishhead or a seaweed was thrown in. Catalog #: 0002 Subject: The Flying Tigers - China Title: Pappy Boyington Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive "I never got five cents out of the whole thing," Boyington testified. "I can't believe it. We ran into a heavy cloud base, lost sight of the bombers, and dropped below the clouds to try and pick them up. A former resident of Coeur d'Alene, he was graduated from the dental college of Northwestern University in 1905 and was for many years a practicing dentist in Coeur d'Alene and St. Maries. Well, we soon got stuck with escort missions galore. Gregory Jr., 10, and Janet Sue, 7, greeted their famous father in San Francisco soon after his arrival from Japan, then yesterday in Seattle the colonel visited with his youngest daughter, Gloria, 5. "Pappy just isn't that kind of fellow," Mrs. Lucy Malcolmson insisted today, despite reports that Lt. Col. Gregory Boyington, war hero, had no intentions of marrying her. Recognizing the ruse, Boyington retorted, "Right over your damn airport - why don't you yellow bellies come up and fight?" Counting days. I had had a perfect chance to score some bomber kills, and it was gone. There is not enough space on this earth to separate us. The lady made a mistake — we're friends, but not that friendly." That was a sad day - he was a great guy. After graduation from the University of Washington Gregory was employed by Boeing Aircraft Company as a draftsman, meantime marrying attractive Helen Clark, then 17, whom he met at a university dance. It was flashed to this communications ship from the American cruiser San Juan. Mrs. Malcolmson had announced in Reno early this year that she was engaged to Boyington. The telegrams were all signed "Pappy." Boyington's mother, Mrs. E. J. Hallenbeck, never had given up hope that the famous flyer would be rescued. "While I was a prisoner," he recounted, "I found many decent Nips who went out of their way to treat me nicely. Finally, on the third hop, I saw a lone I-97 and took him out over the bay at the Settang River. Boyington said he had 20mm wounds on his head, neck, arms and ear and his ankle was broken. A few days later B-29s were dropping clothes and food to us, and a few guys were killed by being hit. They called off a divorce suit scheduled for tomorrow. Resigning as a Pensacola instructor in 1941, he went to China, then rejoined the Marines last November. He even pulled out a copy of the order signed by Lard and tore it up. Typical of Boyington's confidence in his ability to come through was his promise to members of his "Black Sheep" squadron in the South Pacific that he would see them in a San Diego bar after the war was over. The defense argued that the $8,800 in dispute (one count charging theft of $500 was dismissed) could have gone for rings, an automobile, property in Long Island and traveling expenses on Boyington's authorization. His one day's record equals that of the late Marine Lieutenant Colonel Harold W. Bauer, who also shot down five Zeros in the early days of the fight for Guadalcanal. December 4, I also found out from a guard that the war was over. I remember hurdling a high railing and landing in a ditch. I was questioned the whole night. Six days later I was standing in front of the Swiss Red Cross in new quarters and very clean. Boyington's 26-plane mark includes a score of six which he rolled up while a member of the Flying Tigers. If he doesn't, you ought to tell the American people they lost about the best and bravest guy that ever came out here to fight for them. His popular books are Baa Baa Black Sheep, Tonya. Decker was met by his redheaded wife, Lucille, and 4-year-old son, Harry Leroy, from whom he had been separated for 22 months. The charges were dismissed by Municipal Judge Eugene Daney Jr., following two days preliminary hearing. Thomas B. McGuire, Jr., San Antonio, Tex., 17; Maj. Robert Westbrook, Hollywood, Calif., 16 and Maj. George S. Welch, Wilmington, Del., 16. Only planes destroyed in aerial combat are tallied in the Pacific theater while all planes destroyed, both on the ground and in combat, are credited to Eighth air force fliers in Britain, the Navy keeps no official counts of individual victories but Lt. (jg) Ira Kepford of Muskegon, Mich., is credited with 16 Japanese planes. VMF-214 by Jack Fellows Another view of same dogfight, Boyington’s 25th confirmed aerial victory. Boyington was listed as missing after an attack on Japanese planes over New Britain Island on January 3. The citation accompanying the award said the Marine pilot was "a superb airman and determined fighter against overwhelming odds" who led his Black Sheep fighter squadron against the Japs in the Solomons from September 12, 1943, to January 3, 1944, when he failed to return from a mission over Rabaul. The Japs had none of those, and it cost them dearly throughout the war. His luck ran out in January 1944, when he was shot down and presumed dead during a sweep over Rabaul, New Guinea. Heaton: Your group suffered a series of accidents, didn’t it? Simpson exhausted from his all-night mission, which he carried out with Cmdr. "That kept him off his feet for four or five months while the Japs were thick," explains Hallenbeck. I had forgotten to turn on the gunsight or arm the guns, but when I did, I knocked him down. GUADALCANAL, 6 Jan, 1944 - (AP) - Major Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington of Okanogan, Wash., was officially credited today with shooting down his 26th Japanese plane to tie the record set by a fellow Marine, Major Joe Foss. Pappy Boyington was born on December 4, 1912 in Idaho. On Jan. 1, 1943, he sailed for the south Pacific. "Pappy and I made out pretty well," he said. "Sure, I drank. This wish to be rescued really became urgent once four Zero pilots began taking turns strafing me in the water. Got Six With Tigers "It will be our first meeting since 1939," Dr. Boyington said. We are facing another right now — a fight for a peaceful world. "Congratulations," Boyington muttered, as she passed the counsel table where he and his wife were sitting. The morality meter would have spun off the scale. The 21 Black Sheep — 17 flying officers and four ground crewmen  — had been waiting at the terminal more than two hours to meet Boyington, long missing flier with at least 26 Japanese planes to his credit. Boyington said he hit rock bottom about a year ago, then an organization dedicated to helping alcoholics "pulled me out." Against the total of 15 Japanese planes destroyed, we lost four fighters but two pilots were known to have been saved. "We were just too busy talking to ask about it," his aunt explained. Rests at Home There was a bullet hole in his upper right leg, shrapnel wounds in both arms and his left ankle was broken about two inches above the point where he had broken it previously. Major General Moore met me at Pearl Harbor, and I can’t explain the feeling I had on seeing my old friend and benefactor. On December 28, he hit a Japanese plane but it was listed only as a probable since it was not seen to crash. Heaton: What happened the day you were shot down? But his arrival will be delayed, the Marine Corps announced, because he has decided to remain a few days in the Pacific to regain his strength. Twenty-one original members of the "Black Sheep" squadron which Boyington welded from a group of green replacements into one of the fightingest outfit in the Pacific grabbed him on their shoulders. What bothered us was the fact that some were openly discussing killing us, which made us a little uncomfortable. None came. "Now how about you coming up?" Cal. Richard I. Bong, of Poplar, Wis., whose record in the southwest Pacific is twenty-seven planes, or one more than Captain Eddie Rickenbacker's First World War record of German aircraft. Boyington: Halsey and some other brass came to see me once at Munda, and I liked him. 26 July 1964 - Col. Gregory (Pappy) Boyington and his actress wife, the former Dee Tatum, join in a reunion toast after their reconciliation. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington alias Pappy Boyingtonwas born on December 4th, in 1912. We knew the war was going badly for Japan, and in February 1945 we saw a massive raid on Yokosuka from our camp in Ofuna. "The general said I was to keep the information absolutely secret because divulging it might imperil Greg's life and the life of others," the mother said. One of the first prisoners rescued was Maj. Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, 32, Okanogan, Wash., Marine fighter pilot ace shot down and believed killed over Rabaul in 1944, and who now has 28 Japanese planes and a Medal of Honor to his credit. He saw us pulling these two rickshaws with the drivers sitting in luxury as our passengers. He shot down 28 Japanese aircraft, for which he received the Navy Cross and the Medal of Honor. High ranking Navy, marine and Army officers sat with cabinet members, senators and congressmen as Vice Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, chief of Navy personnel, read the citations for deeds of heroism performed in and over the Solomons, Okinawa, two Jima, Peleliu, Guam, and the Korean coast. The 30-year-old flyer, leading ace in both the south and southwest Pacific sectors, brought down his 25th enemy plane December 26 over Rabaul. To Omaha, November 11: Born in Couer D Alene. Due to his smoking habit, he had cancer for more than two decades. Two other N.A.T.S. When we were moved to a more solid structure, I felt a little better - especially once the Boeing B-29 raids picked up the pace. They deserve every ribbon they get and then some.