F4U Corsairs rare footage! Black Sheep Chronicles, VMF-214 Episode 3

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Ай бұрын

The origins of the Black Sheep, the echelon of 28 pilots that found fame and glory under the leadership of Maj. Gregory Boyington in the summer of 1943.
Licensed soundtrack provided by slip.stream/
Be sure to visit www.brucegamble.com for more information on Bruce's books about VMF-214 and updates regarding future videos.

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@pamelarobinson859 3 күн бұрын

You narrate a pretty good documentary. Your voice is clear with good diction. The background music isn't overpowering and the information is as factual as possible. Well done. I am looking forward to part four. Keep up the good work.

@skywarriormedia 2 күн бұрын

Thank you very much for your comment, Pamela. All of those aspects--concise narration, appropriate music, and accurate information--are important to me, and it's gratifying to know that I'm hitting the mark.

@13stalag13 2 күн бұрын

Never saw this series before. What an awesome job you have done!

@skywarriormedia 2 күн бұрын

Thank you very much! Your comment means a lot. It's a new series that I'm creating one episode at a time. Part 4 is in progress. I'm a one-man studio and work slowly, so episodes are coming out about every 2 months or so.

@oldcremona 17 күн бұрын

I can’t get enough of your work Bruce. Your books and videos are simply the best. Thank you for such fantastic history!!!

@skywarriormedia 16 күн бұрын

Wow--thank you most sincerely! I hope you'll share the channel far and wide and help it to grow. I'm grateful for your comments!

@fchow8652 3 сағат бұрын

Beautiful engine sound too! fantastic footage.

@flyingdad4538 22 күн бұрын

Turtle Bay is a beautiful part of the world. Parts of the airstrip are still intact today with an amazing swimming hole tucked behind it. Excellent video, thx!

@skywarriormedia 21 күн бұрын

That's so cool to know! I have a photo of the squadron pilots enjoying some beach time at Turtle Bay--perhaps it's that same swimming hole.

@markpaul-ym5wg 13 күн бұрын

I bought his book which was a blue paper back book in 1978.The book was a great read.Thank you for this video.

@user-lf4jg3tx5r Ай бұрын

Thank you for this series it has been very informative and great to watch!...looking forward to P-4

@skywarriormedia Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Yankee2003 Ай бұрын

Thank you for the video Bruce.

@skywarriormedia Ай бұрын

You're most welcome!

@Nghilifa 29 күн бұрын

Thanks Mr. Gamble, I really enjoyed it!

@skywarriormedia 29 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching! I have a long way to go to get this channel and VMF-214 series going, so please help get the word out!

@mikew1332 Ай бұрын

I'm enjoying this a lot. Thank you!

@skywarriormedia Ай бұрын

Great to hear!

@avioncamper 18 күн бұрын

Virgil Ray is my late Father's first cousin. We are from North Carolina.

@skywarriormedia 18 күн бұрын

Thank you for reaching out. Virgil Ray's disappearance while making a non-combat flight to Guadalcanal remains a mystery, though it may have been due to bad weather. That must have been difficult for your family.

@briancooper2112 16 күн бұрын

Great books!

@skywarriormedia 15 күн бұрын

Thank you, sir!

@n3307v 21 күн бұрын

Excellent series. I loved the stills and videos especially. The background music you selected worked very nicely with the images.

@briancooper2112 16 күн бұрын

I met Boyington at Falcon Field in Mesa,AZ in the late 70's. I bought your book you wrote with him. He wanted 10 bucks for a autograph. I was 10 years old. He was a prick.

@skywarriormedia 15 күн бұрын

Just for the record, the book you bought in the late 70s would have been his autobiography. I didn't write my bio of him (Black Sheep One) until 2000, some 12 years after he died. Regardless, your recollection is right in line with what I have heard from many people, who said Boyington was grumpy or curt to them at air shows.

@mikewashington-se6qw 15 күн бұрын

I bought his book, with autograph from him at Oshkosh in '81. He was indeed a grumpy bastard. But he was my hero & I was in awe.

@skywarriormedia 14 күн бұрын

@@mikewashington-se6qw I hope you still consider Boyington heroic. He had character flaws but was an outstanding combat leader in wartime.

@MercyandTruthBibleChurch1611 14 күн бұрын

Same thing happened to me in Oshkosh a royal jackass of a man

@dr.a.995 5 күн бұрын

I met Major Boyington at a CAF air show in Harlingen, TX around 1978. He signed the poster he was promoting. He then easily signed the copy of his paperback with a personalized message. Glad I had had the good sense to bring the book with me. He didn’t charge me a penny for either signature+. He didn’t even hint he wanted money. He impressed me as a serious type of guy. Having read his book, I could understand why. His story is one that ended on the side of pacifism. All the imagined glory of war had long since been washed off by his trials with captivity, PTSD, and alcohol. Sorry you experienced a bad time with one of our nation’s real heroes.

@dean7118 Күн бұрын

Boyington used to drink at the Hotel San Carlos in Pensacola, Florida in the mid 70s I was having a drink there ,he was there talking to a few former Blue Angels I was a door gunner on a huey and I was with a full Bird Col we took a a huey 30 clicks behind enemy lines and saved his bacon

@AlanMydland-fq2vs Күн бұрын

now bigntime❤ thats a save