Masajiro Kawato was 19 when he shot down Boyington near York Island near Rabaul. He had shot down 17 Americans at the end of his career. He crashed into the sea while trying to dive into a destroyer later and was afraid of the US sailors capturing him so he tried to shoot himself, but the gun misfired the first time, then shot himself in the head with the 2nd try and knocked himself out. He drifted for 4 days mostly unconcious and ended up on a small island. He was found later buy then Navy and sent to an Aussie hospital where it took a long time get better. He reunited with family but had been officially declared dead by the Japanese government. He flew after the war as a test pilot and airline pilot. He flew solo a Piper Comanche from Tokyo to Cresent City, CA in 35 hours one large tank of gas in 1976 to honor pilots from both sides of the war and the US Bicentennial. He moved to the US and was the only Japanese ace to do so. He became friends with Boyington. He wrote his autobiogrphy "Bye Bye Black Sheep". He passed away in December 2001 at 76 up in Washington State.
I read Kawato’s book as well. There are those who say that Kawato fabricated his accounts of his book Bye Bye Black Sheep that he really didn’t shoot down Boyington. However, Boyington stated “well somebody did.” Veteran accounts and also military records can be inaccurate as to what actually happened during a battle. During air battles Od WW2, double counting was common. To give an example, an American news reel released to American theaters stated that 50 Japanese aircraft were shot down during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Actually 26 Japanese aircraft were shot down and 3 more due to carrier accidents.
He did not shoot down Boyington. As another writer said about Kawato: "His courage in combat is not in question, but in so far as the battle of January 3, 1944 is concerned, his claim for credit is groundless and without a basis in fact." "He evidently was a natural-born fabricator."
Again, records and veteran accounts are often inaccurate. One thing for sure is that both Kawato and Boyington were in the air on 3Jan 44 in and around the area of Rabaul.
Yes. the F4U Corsair, Love that bird. 16 cylinders of radial Hell! huge prop and gull wings. Yeah, it was a bad boy. The whole show is still available on DVD. We have it. I don't know where she got it.
I remember it myself. It doesn’t matter what episode. The underlying fact will always remain. It is a government that creates a problem or war. The people? They are expendable. What you see here is true human nature. We don’t want war. We want friends we can commiserate with, against the Control Freaks in our own governments!
Years ago I had lunch with a Marine ace who told me that they did taunt each other over the radio like. After the war, he and his adversaries would get together to talk about flying, kids, marriage, and whatever.
Thank you Robert Conrad . You helped me make up my mind . Because of Baa Baa Black Sheep ...enlisted in the navy air wing . Do not regret it .. rest in peace .
I loved this show growing up . I Always got a kick out of the banter between these two . It also impressed on me the fact that it is possible to show respect for a soldier from another country even while you are trying to kill each other . I don't know if this exchange actually took place but I like to think it did . Just because someone is your "enemy" does not mean they are not human or do not warrant civility when the bullets are done flying .
It's easy to demonise people who are different in race, language or religion until you know them in person, just like Hirachi. Hawkish politicians will demonise other countries so as to distract their people from the failures or issues of the country. There is a lot of good in this episode. From Singapore.
@@petesibley-km9gg Not true. Early in the war it might have been more true, especially at Pearl harbor, but this is from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum: 'Accounts of fighter operations during the Pacific war vary on how often Zeros carried radios. All the Zeros flying during the Midway operation in June 1942 had them, but whether a Zero had a radio or not varied depending on the operational needs of a particular mission.' Of course that doesn't mean that an exchange like this actually happened, but Many zeroes and other planes did, in fact, have radios.
I met Pappy Boyington in '78 in Vail, CO, during my dad's Air Force Reunion. Got a picture with him! Told him I was a great fan of the show. Nice that he appeared on a few episodes,
A good series, a lot of fun, and the Corsair is one of the coolest looking fighters! Historically accurate? Hardly, but no one watched this show for historical significance. And Boyington's ongoing battle with 'Tommy' Hirachi - classic!
yeah... but now we know that the Corsair could easily pull away from a zero and then strike from above over and over. The zero was quick but one shot and it explodes into flames.
I loved the show as a youngster and would spend school time drawing scenarios of the corsair vs the zero. I'm lucky I graduated grade school. Me and my bud James Taylor would talk about the show during school hours. Great actor, great show.
If only... Id been born a the right time. I don't know if these pilots knew it at the time, but this was the pinnacle of dog fighting. With planes fast and maneuverable enough to get close, and before missiles. This was it, right here. If I could live anytime and do anything, this is it y'all. Thank you guys for your service. We only have what we because of you, and those like you. Greatest generation and for some, the greatest time.
It is inaccurate not all imperial Japanese pilots were this kind to other. The Japanese zero had no armor and the American plan the corsair had alot of armour and was faster. But it's not supposed to be accurate it's for entertainment so I love it for that
The crew of the German cruiser Admiral Hipper congratulated survivors of HMS Glowworm on a good fight even as the Germans pulled the British survivors from the water after Glowworm sunk...and Glowworm's captain for a posthumous Victoria Cross largely on the recommendation of Hipper's CO. It was more likely to happen in Europe, but such respect WAS occasionally paid. Another time was the Germans granted the Honours of War to the defeated French after the Siege of Lille in 1940.
Thanks for uploading this clip! The most remarkable scene from this show IMHO. God i miss it. Wish one TV-station here in europe would show this series again
By age 8, I could identify a corsair, p-38, I knew about "the slot", and knew about Pappy and the Blacksheep. Was a great way to get a kid curious about history, my fave show of all time!
When I was in college, maybe 3 other guys out of 800 in my class, never lady classmates, knew anything about these once-well-known things that we should know. It was around the time of the 50th anniversary commemorations of the war. Our college chapel had an entire wall in the nave as a memorial with 400 names of students and alumni who were killed chisled into gleaming white marble. It was a benefit to have 2 older brothers who got into building models of planes, ships, tanks from WWII and watching just about every WWII with my Father who was 9 at the time of Pearl Harbor and watched 3 older brothers march off to war and back. Barely got to the chapter on WWII in 8th and 11th US history classes and only spent 1.5 days on it.
I love the part in the unedited version where Hirachi couldn't shoot pappy down so much respect and honor, always loved that aspect, war is unpredictable sometimes.
I was 11 and it was by far my favorite show! Did love a little Happy Days, Welcome Back Kotter, 6 Million Dollar Man, et al. All the way around a damn fine year for classic TV!
All of the Corsairs, Robert Conrad, and Pappy, were at the Fresno, Ca airport at an air show, to promote the show before it went on the air. It was very impressive to a 14 year old at the time. On a side note, Fresno used to be the home of a B-17D, with the orginal skinny tail section. And the ANG was still flying the F106. The late 70s was a cool time to be in Fresno.
Aaah, the good old times when my brother and I were so little that our favorite place to watch TV was under the living room table, elbows on the carpet and eyes wide open.
Sad to hear Red West @ 5:57 "The Corsair Mechanic" on the tv series Baa Baa Black Sheep and Elvis Presley's long time friend and bodyguard passed away last month and was buried July 18, 2017 in Memphis, TN. He was last seen at Sonny West's "Elvis' other bodyguard" funeral six weeks earlier around 1st of June in Memphis. RIP Bro's !!
watched this show as a kid, when i hear the air raid horn it still gets me just something about that horn, also love the plane footage just great looking machines
I was new to Hollywood and sitting in on a session at The Record Plant when Mike Post came in and played us his 1st mix of the Black Sheep theme song. New immediately it was another of his hits.
I helped Mr Conrad with His Brand New Piper Malibu PA 46 310P in Vero Beach, FL while he got his Instrument Rating in 1986... He was a true genuine REAL Person.! Nice to all of us at our FBO. Brought us a cooler full of beer at 5 pm every Friday! RIP Mr. Conrad!
I was 8 years old in 1976 when this show came on television . I loved this show , read the book and watched it in syndication into my late teens . I do not know if it is just me but I do not think that they make television shows as good as they used to. I live in southern California and the little airstrip where they filmed the show is just about an hour from my house, but I think that they tore it up a few years back .
I loved this show as a kid. When the show was still running, in 1977, my parents took the family out to California for a model-airplane contest (the SAM Champs, for anyone who knows what that is). We went to Universal Studios and heard the news of Elvis's death while waiting in line. We saw the new Jaws shark display too! This was during a long serious drought in the LA area. My family always had an ongoing joke that where ever we were, it would rain. We were camped in a KOA or something similar in a fold-up camper and it began raining like cats & dogs! Yep, we ended the California drought. Down the road was the airstrip for the Corsairs of the Baa Baa Black Sheep TV show. I remember as a kid, looking through a fence down the line of all those beautiful Corsairs that were flown in the show. Many different models of Corsairs that were not historically correct, but who cares?! Oh I wish I could go back in time sometimes...
@@cleekmaker00 I didn't think they where actually trying to shoot each other down in the show either. Obviously we where talking about the historical event that the show was trying to depict. In this case, dogfights in the pacific theater during WW2 and the differences in the planes being used by the US and Japanese during that time. But thankyou for the trivia tip, I didn't know what type of plane they where using for the Japanese in the show.
I am currently playing Crew Motorfest and my preferred mode of transport around Hawaii is the Corsair. Beautiful looking plane and it always reminds me of watching this show as a young teen.
I read Boyington's book. Great read. Had to bail out at low altitude. Said he stood up in the cockpit and kicked the stick forward with his foot while jumping out. Rudder caught him on the head but the parachute opened. Spent rest of war in Japan as a POW. Became good friends with another POW Dick O'Kane, captain of the Tang. I read his book too. O'Kane made one of the gutsiest moves in submarine warfare. With a destroyer gunning for him in shallow water, he kept his periscope up after diving to make the destroyer come straight at him. Then he put 2 fish down his throat! That book would be a great movie, although some would say it was already made sort of in Run Silent, Run Deep.
This TV show was one of many created by Stephen J. Cannell. Other TV shows were: • 21 Jump Street • The A-Team • Baa Baa Black Sheep (TV series) • Baretta • Booker (TV series) • Chase (1973 TV series) • City of Angels (1976 TV series) • Cobra (American TV series) • The Commish • The Greatest American Hero • Hardcastle and McCormick • The Hat Squad • J.J. Starbuck • The Last Precinct • Renegade (TV series) • Riptide (American TV series) • The Rockford Files • Scene of the Crime (TV series) • Silk Stalkings • Stingray (1985 TV series) • Tenspeed and Brown Shoe • Wiseguy (TV series) My top five were: Rockford Files, Baretta, Baa Baa Black Sheep, The Greatest American Hero, and The A-Team.
Black sheep squadron was one of my favorite shows on the history Channel growing up and i really do like there airplanes and i am very happy to be remembering this show at anytime and the usmc have some of the best planes and really good pilots as well drunk and unruly as some best players in the war time needed
This scene is very interesting to me because two enemies on friendly terms. Of course war is a racket. My great grandfather was a truck driver in Burma and India. Once in 1990 he was visiting and telling me his WWII stories when I was 14. That same week, several exchange students from Japan were visiting. One of the girls sat on porch next to him listening as well. I thought to myself If it were 50 years ago, these two people would have been killing each other. Beware of propaganda and exploitation.
I saw this episode when it aired for the first time on TV. It was the last episode of the series I saw live. Wasn't sure why til I looked up the Fall lineup. It was competing with Charlies Angels. Guess I was about 14 or 15 at the time. I loved the series, but no contest. Not at that age.
I know, Greg was U.S.M.C. but A.V.G. too... long story, but I got to work for Grumman, ,Chennault, even helped restore a p-40... & even rubbed a few f4u's... I Respect History & Love Warbirds...
Awesome! I met Gregory "Pappy" Boyington in the late 70's, at an Airshow. I was in the Civil Air Patrol at the time. (Major Boyington was surprisingly patient with us!) I am lucky to have the Boeing Museum of Flight, the Paul Allen Collection (many are flown several times a year; and Tanks too!), and the Flying Heritage Collection all nearby! I am envious that you got to participate in the Restoration of a P40! I wanted to become a Fighter Pilot... Instead I became a Paratrooper!
Thats NOT what I heard. Boyington was a drinker, scrapper and regularly flew regulation up his superiors rear! That was the Real " Pappy" Boyington, giving himself a medal. lol. My brother met him. A real talker but nice guy.
Even standing at attention in a dress uniform, John Larroquette still had that shit eating grin on his face. I was disappointed when he left the show after the first season, but better things awaited him, namely Night Court, and his own series in the 90's. One of our most under rated talents.
This was a good episode. Everyone thought TJ shot Harachi down, Pappy & Micklin going at each other's throats trying trying to fix Pappy's F4U-4 so he can go 1 v 1 with Harachi that afternoon...
@55 i loved this show thats why i became a pilot !!!! My grandpa knew Boyington they went to the UW together and then meet up again in Boganville My step grandpa was a philipino Captain there . John P Mendoza .
Got to meet Rob Conrad in the USN. He told me this was his favorite role (not WWWest). He and Red West (former Marine - who knew and served w/Gunny Lee Ermey) became very good friends.
I thought I read that VMF-214 was supposed to transition to F-35B's soon (the VTOL model). From the nephew of a Cold War NCO, SEMPER FI! Thank you for your service, Sir!
The Japanese pilot that shot down Boyington was never on an island with him after the battle, but the read "Bye Bye Blacksheep" by Kawato, was a very good read.
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Masajiro Kawato was 19 when he shot down Boyington near York Island near Rabaul. He had shot down 17 Americans at the end of his career. He crashed into the sea while trying to dive into a destroyer later and was afraid of the US sailors capturing him so he tried to shoot himself, but the gun misfired the first time, then shot himself in the head with the 2nd try and knocked himself out. He drifted for 4 days mostly unconcious and ended up on a small island. He was found later buy then Navy and sent to an Aussie hospital where it took a long time get better. He reunited with family but had been officially declared dead by the Japanese government. He flew after the war as a test pilot and airline pilot. He flew solo a Piper Comanche from Tokyo to Cresent City, CA in 35 hours one large tank of gas in 1976 to honor pilots from both sides of the war and the US Bicentennial. He moved to the US and was the only Japanese ace to do so. He became friends with Boyington. He wrote his autobiogrphy "Bye Bye Black Sheep". He passed away in December 2001 at 76 up in Washington State.
I read Kawato’s book as well. There are those who say that Kawato fabricated his accounts of his book Bye Bye Black Sheep that he really didn’t shoot down Boyington. However, Boyington stated “well somebody did.”
Veteran accounts and also military records can be inaccurate as to what actually happened during a battle. During air battles Od WW2, double counting was common. To give an example, an American news reel released to American theaters stated that 50 Japanese aircraft were shot down during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Actually 26 Japanese aircraft were shot down and 3 more due to carrier accidents.
He did not shoot down Boyington. As another writer said about Kawato: "His courage in combat is not in question, but in so far as the battle of January 3, 1944 is concerned, his claim for credit is groundless and without a basis in fact." "He evidently was a natural-born fabricator."
I did know about his book. I did know about Kawato, headed to Audible, TIME NOW!
Thank you so much for the info and story 😎🤘
Again, records and veteran accounts are often inaccurate. One thing for sure is that both Kawato and Boyington were in the air on 3Jan 44 in and around the area of Rabaul.
RIP Robert Conrad, now you've got real wings to fly with my brother.
RedVineTV amen
Amen.
R.i.p
@@missyd0g2 One of my favorite actors of all time. Imagine trying to use terms like Rice Ball now? :)
R.I.P. Robert Conrad
Never missed an episode as a kid. Thank You to all our men&women past or present that served or serve
I built that 1/32 scale Revell "Baa Baa Black Sheep" Corsair a few times in my youth. I still have one on my shelf today.
I loved building these models
No cooler fighter plane.
My dad served in the Philippines...Navy Sea Bee
Yes. the F4U Corsair, Love that bird. 16 cylinders of radial Hell! huge prop and gull wings. Yeah, it was a bad boy. The whole show is still available on DVD. We have it. I don't know where she got it.
This was one of the best episodes. Shows they had respect for each other's skills and knowledge.
Which episode was it?
I remember it myself.
It doesn’t matter what episode.
The underlying fact will always remain.
It is a government that creates a problem or war.
The people?
They are expendable.
What you see here is true human nature.
We don’t want war.
We want friends we can commiserate with, against the Control Freaks in our own governments!
Years ago I had lunch with a Marine ace who told me that they did taunt each other over the radio like. After the war, he and his adversaries would get together to talk about flying, kids, marriage, and whatever.
omg... my fave show as a kid. Still LOVE the Corsair to this day because of this awesome show
Thank you Robert Conrad . You helped me make up my mind . Because of Baa Baa Black Sheep ...enlisted in the navy air wing . Do not regret it .. rest in peace .
Robert Conrad was one of the best in everything he did...RIP
I loved this show growing up . I Always got a kick out of the banter between these two . It also impressed on me the fact that it is possible to show respect for a soldier from another country even while you are trying to kill each other . I don't know if this exchange actually took place but I like to think it did . Just because someone is your "enemy" does not mean they are not human or do not warrant civility when the bullets are done flying .
This happened a lot. Look up Franz Stigler and Charlie Brown.
It's easy to demonise people who are different in race, language or religion until you know them in person, just like Hirachi. Hawkish politicians will demonise other countries so as to distract their people from the failures or issues of the country. There is a lot of good in this episode.
From Singapore.
Christmas truce occurred during ww1. Somewhat of a similar exchange.
Japanese planes had no radios. No communication between us pilots and Japanese
@@petesibley-km9gg Not true. Early in the war it might have been more true, especially at Pearl harbor, but this is from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum: 'Accounts of fighter operations during the Pacific war vary on how often Zeros carried radios. All the Zeros flying during the Midway operation in June 1942 had them, but whether a Zero had a radio or not varied depending on the operational needs of a particular mission.'
Of course that doesn't mean that an exchange like this actually happened, but Many zeroes and other planes did, in fact, have radios.
"One day, one of us will win... and the other will be very sad..."
they were friends in the end
It’s the respect they had as adversaries for what they were asked to do for each of their countries, true patriots and men of honor.
What happened with their characters?
I was 10 years old when this show ran. I loved it!
One of my favourite TV shows of the 70's. Watched it religiously.
I actually bought and read Boyington's book...his story of survival after being captured was amazing...
The general who pins a medal on Pappy's chest in the newsreel is none other than the REAL Pappy! He made several cameo appearances in the show.
OORAH!
I met Pappy Boyington in '78 in Vail, CO, during my dad's Air Force Reunion. Got a picture with him!
Told him I was a great fan of the show. Nice that he appeared on a few episodes,
@@johnleeson6946 Oh wow, lucky you!!
No it wasn’t.
A good series, a lot of fun, and the Corsair is one of the coolest looking fighters! Historically accurate? Hardly, but no one watched this show for historical significance. And Boyington's ongoing battle with 'Tommy' Hirachi - classic!
yeah... but now we know that the Corsair could easily pull away from a zero and then strike from above over and over. The zero was quick but one shot and it explodes into flames.
@@sy2532 We knew that then.
I loved the show as a youngster and would spend school time drawing scenarios of the corsair vs the zero. I'm lucky I graduated grade school. Me and my bud James Taylor would talk about the show during school hours. Great actor, great show.
4 years ago!!!!! James Taylor the singer?
And then you realize this episode was shot 32 years after WW2 and it was watched 43 years after it was shot.
Time flies...
People like me try not to talk about it
I used to watch the reruns of Black Sheep Squadron as a kid. What a great show this was!
If I am not mistaken, the officer pinning the medal on Robert Conrad is the real Greg Boyington, who acted as a "consultant" for the show.
good eye yes it was I thought I was the only one that caught that
You are correct. That was the real Gregory "Pappy" Boyington. He was a consultant on the show.
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Didnt know that. Very nice! Musta seen that one 3-4 times.
Stephen Flores -
I think you're right. Boyington actually appeared in three episodes.
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If only... Id been born a the right time. I don't know if these pilots knew it at the time, but this was the pinnacle of dog fighting. With planes fast and maneuverable enough to get close, and before missiles. This was it, right here. If I could live anytime and do anything, this is it y'all. Thank you guys for your service.
We only have what we because of you, and those like you. Greatest generation and for some, the greatest time.
This is a great scene. Just goes to show you that even enemies can show respect.
It is inaccurate not all imperial Japanese pilots were this kind to other. The Japanese zero had no armor and the American plan the corsair had alot of armour and was faster. But it's not supposed to be accurate it's for entertainment so I love it for that
WOW! Are you ever naïve !
It’s a TV Show Dumb Ass....Lighten Up!
@@jllrue Actually you're more naive. It was absolutely rare, but it happened from time to time.
The crew of the German cruiser Admiral Hipper congratulated survivors of HMS Glowworm on a good fight even as the Germans pulled the British survivors from the water after Glowworm sunk...and Glowworm's captain for a posthumous Victoria Cross largely on the recommendation of Hipper's CO.
It was more likely to happen in Europe, but such respect WAS occasionally paid.
Another time was the Germans granted the Honours of War to the defeated French after the Siege of Lille in 1940.
Thanks for uploading this clip! The most remarkable scene from this show IMHO. God i miss it. Wish one TV-station here in europe would show this series again
By age 8, I could identify a corsair, p-38, I knew about "the slot", and knew about Pappy and the Blacksheep. Was a great way to get a kid curious about history, my fave show of all time!
I may be wrong, but isn't the P-38 the Lighting?
@@rossjones5741 yes
When I was in college, maybe 3 other guys out of 800 in my class, never lady classmates, knew anything about these once-well-known things that we should know. It was around the time of the 50th anniversary commemorations of the war. Our college chapel had an entire wall in the nave as a memorial with 400 names of students and alumni who were killed chisled into gleaming white marble. It was a benefit to have 2 older brothers who got into building models of planes, ships, tanks from WWII and watching just about every WWII with my Father who was 9 at the time of Pearl Harbor and watched 3 older brothers march off to war and back. Barely got to the chapter on WWII in 8th and 11th US history classes and only spent 1.5 days on it.
@rossjones5741 there's a comma between corsair and p-38. Yes, different planes. Both cool as f!
I love the part in the unedited version where Hirachi couldn't shoot pappy down so much respect and honor, always loved that aspect, war is unpredictable sometimes.
I was 11 and it was by far my favorite show! Did love a little Happy Days, Welcome Back Kotter, 6 Million Dollar Man, et al. All the way around a damn fine year for classic TV!
One of my favorite shows. A friend of my fathers flew his own Corsair in the show.
How many "fathers" do you have?
All of the Corsairs, Robert Conrad, and Pappy, were at the Fresno, Ca airport at an air show, to promote the show before it went on the air. It was very impressive to a 14 year old at the time. On a side note, Fresno used to be the home of a B-17D, with the orginal skinny tail section. And the ANG was still flying the F106. The late 70s was a cool time to be in Fresno.
I was 10 years old and loved this show.
That was a badass I remember watching it when I was a kid never missed an episode
Aaah, the good old times when my brother and I were so little that our favorite place to watch TV was under the living room table, elbows on the carpet and eyes wide open.
This show had one of the coolest openings.
Yeah. I've always loved the opening credits sequence.
3 years ago!!!! Seriously? I hated that Black Sheep singing.
Sad to hear Red West @ 5:57 "The Corsair Mechanic" on the tv series Baa Baa Black Sheep and Elvis Presley's long time friend and bodyguard passed away last month and was buried July 18, 2017 in Memphis, TN. He was last seen at Sonny West's "Elvis' other bodyguard" funeral six weeks earlier around 1st of June in Memphis. RIP Bro's !!
rip red west
Loved this show in reruns in the early 80's on Saturday afternoons when i was a kid. Robert Conrad was great, with a good ensemble cast
RIP. Thanks for the memories.
It always amazed me how the "zeros" in the show always looked a helluva lot like a T6 Texan.
Good reason for that, they were.
Sarcasm seems to be worfully underrated thes days
It would have been gracious of the Japanese to get out the old plans and make some new Zeros.
They had exellent camouflage.
@@recoveringnewyorker2243 woooosh... Is it a Corsair? Is it a Zero? No, it's a joke flying over your freakin' head!
I love watching this show.. and I have the book of the same name. It's a lot of fun watching this again.
One of the best moment in the serie for sure.
watched this show as a kid, when i hear the air raid horn it still gets me just something about that horn, also love the plane footage just great looking machines
I was new to Hollywood and sitting in on a session at The Record Plant when Mike Post came in and played us his 1st mix of the Black Sheep theme song. New immediately it was another of his hits.
I helped Mr Conrad with His Brand New Piper Malibu PA 46 310P in Vero Beach, FL while he got his Instrument Rating in 1986... He was a true genuine REAL Person.! Nice to all of us at our FBO. Brought us a cooler full of beer at 5 pm every Friday! RIP Mr. Conrad!
Was my favorite show as a kid & still is. Wish it was on tv
it is on certain cable networks...its on the heroes and Icons station every sat night two episodes back to back
Did anyone notice at the end the commanding officer pinning the medal on was the real pappy Boynton. Little Cameo action.
Oh yeah was
Love this show thanks for uploading
I was 8 years old in 1976 when this show came on television . I loved this show , read the book and watched it in syndication into my late teens . I do not know if it is just me but I do not think that they make television shows as good as they used to. I live in southern California and the little airstrip where they filmed the show is just about an hour from my house, but I think that they tore it up a few years back .
Man that is absolutely too bad I would’ve loved to of gone and seen that place brings tears to my eyes!
Damn straight, they don't make a lot of things like they used to...
Do you even know who wrote the book I doubt it
@@robertcollett7115 lol
yeah just focus on effects and forget there's a plot
This was the last episode of the entire series. I remember watching it and my dad said well I guess the series is over.😞
Did you notice that also!lol He was wearing his lil brother's or sister's jumpsuit! 😆
Hi I don’t know if you will get this but there was actually a second season. I believe 13 episodes were produced after this one.
Thanks for this.
I miss real TV shows
Gracias Mr Conrad, Robert por su trabajo y haber compartido sus aventuras en sus series de Tv, algun dia nos encontraremos en el otro lado del rio
This was one of my favorite shows when growing up!
Bring back this show and immediately son big fan
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Conrad did a good as Pappy in this TV show. Conrad was good in anything he did!
He wrecked his body thru drink-driving: he's a shadow of what he was.
Love the series. These seem to be two episodes put together. Like them both .
I remember this episode i grew up watching this show great stuff !!
Hi...do you know the episode. ....thanks
RIP Loved this show as a kid
This show can be seen every Sunday evening on the Heroes and Icons channel.
The1baddman Yes, at 6pm Eastern Time. 12 O'clock High comes on at 2am also!
ir's still on in 2020 , same channel but on Saturday evening. got my DVR set to record every week. wish i could find the full seasons
I loved this show as a kid. When the show was still running, in 1977, my parents took the family out to California for a model-airplane contest (the SAM Champs, for anyone who knows what that is). We went to Universal Studios and heard the news of Elvis's death while waiting in line. We saw the new Jaws shark display too!
This was during a long serious drought in the LA area. My family always had an ongoing joke that where ever we were, it would rain. We were camped in a KOA or something similar in a fold-up camper and it began raining like cats & dogs! Yep, we ended the California drought.
Down the road was the airstrip for the Corsairs of the Baa Baa Black Sheep TV show. I remember as a kid, looking through a fence down the line of all those beautiful Corsairs that were flown in the show. Many different models of Corsairs that were not historically correct, but who cares?! Oh I wish I could go back in time sometimes...
Awesome!!!
Japanese planes had no armor and no self-sealing fuel tanks. Just one phosphorus round would often cause the entire plane to blow up
Correct,and they didn't wear parachutes either.
But they weren't 'Japanese' planes, but modified North American AT-6 trainers!
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@@cleekmaker00 I didn't think they where actually trying to shoot each other down in the show either. Obviously we where talking about the historical event that the show was trying to depict. In this case, dogfights in the pacific theater during WW2 and the differences in the planes being used by the US and Japanese during that time.
But thankyou for the trivia tip, I didn't know what type of plane they where using for the Japanese in the show.
I am currently playing Crew Motorfest and my preferred mode of transport around Hawaii is the Corsair. Beautiful looking plane and it always reminds me of watching this show as a young teen.
I read Boyington's book. Great read. Had to bail out at low altitude. Said he stood up in the cockpit and kicked the stick forward with his foot while jumping out. Rudder caught him on the head but the parachute opened. Spent rest of war in Japan as a POW. Became good friends with another POW Dick O'Kane, captain of the Tang. I read his book too. O'Kane made one of the gutsiest moves in submarine warfare. With a destroyer gunning for him in shallow water, he kept his periscope up after diving to make the destroyer come straight at him. Then he put 2 fish down his throat! That book would be a great movie, although some would say it was already made sort of in Run Silent, Run Deep.
"Hey, Boyington!" LOL Byron Chung played Hirachi
This is so eerie, Conrad passing just six days after the comment I wrote above.
I love hirachi
When I saw Byron Chung on "Lost", my first thought was..... "Hey, Boyington...that you?" LOL
This is one of my favorite scenes from this tv show.
What's Funny is that 3 of the actors in this series, went on to serve / act in the Magnum P.I. series with Tom Selleck.
Yep.
This series was a Stephen Cannell lightweight effort: Cannell went on to produce "Magnum P.I.".
@@johnhardman3 Donald Bellisario produced Magnum. Bellisario worked for Cannell on Black Sheep I believe.
A lot of crossover between Black Sheep , Magnum, and The Rockford Files too.
This TV show was one of many created by Stephen J. Cannell.
Other TV shows were:
• 21 Jump Street
• The A-Team
• Baa Baa Black Sheep (TV series)
• Baretta
• Booker (TV series)
• Chase (1973 TV series)
• City of Angels (1976 TV series)
• Cobra (American TV series)
• The Commish
• The Greatest American Hero
• Hardcastle and McCormick
• The Hat Squad
• J.J. Starbuck
• The Last Precinct
• Renegade (TV series)
• Riptide (American TV series)
• The Rockford Files
• Scene of the Crime (TV series)
• Silk Stalkings
• Stingray (1985 TV series)
• Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
• Wiseguy (TV series)
My top five were: Rockford Files, Baretta, Baa Baa Black Sheep, The Greatest American Hero, and The A-Team.
@ 5:57...That was the REAL Pappy Boyington pinning a medal on Robert Conrad.
He lived the story.
Recognize!
Yep that was "Rats" (Boo his friend called him that)
I think lot of you missed the point this was 1977 it was Hollywood it was feel good T.V not what you see today for whatever reason
Black sheep squadron was one of my favorite shows on the history Channel growing up and i really do like there airplanes and i am very happy to be remembering this show at anytime and the usmc have some of the best planes and really good pilots as well drunk and unruly as some best players in the war time needed
One on One, Trash Talking to Each Other.
This scene is very interesting to me because two enemies on friendly terms. Of course war is a racket. My great grandfather was a truck driver in Burma and India. Once in 1990 he was visiting and telling me his WWII stories when I was 14. That same week, several exchange students from Japan were visiting. One of the girls sat on porch next to him listening as well. I thought to myself If it were 50 years ago, these two people would have been killing each other. Beware of propaganda and exploitation.
It is more complicated than that.
WW2 in Europe had many neutral nations invaded by a mad man.
Hey rice ball...love the battle between them😄
Awesome TV series need to bring it back, the best!
I saw this episode when it aired for the first time on TV. It was the last episode of the series I saw live. Wasn't sure why til I looked up the Fall lineup. It was competing with Charlies Angels. Guess I was about 14 or 15 at the time. I loved the series, but no contest. Not at that age.
Friendship knows no boundaries
Loved these shows. They are clean shows unlike the perverted shows that Hollywood is pushing today!
Matthew Adams The networks actually had some imagination back then. Not everything was shot on a soundstage like today.
YUP GARBAGE AND SORRY THE BLACKS MAKE THE MOST THEIR GRAND FATHERS IM SURE ARE DISCUSSED
@@jimziemer474 Except for the aerial work shot over southern california, this show was shot on sound stages at Universal Studios.
I know, Greg was U.S.M.C. but A.V.G. too... long story, but I got to work for Grumman, ,Chennault, even helped restore a p-40... & even rubbed a few f4u's... I Respect History & Love Warbirds...
Awesome!
I met Gregory "Pappy" Boyington in the late 70's, at an Airshow. I was in the Civil Air Patrol at the time. (Major Boyington was surprisingly patient with us!)
I am lucky to have the Boeing Museum of Flight, the Paul Allen Collection (many are flown several times a year; and Tanks too!), and the Flying Heritage Collection all nearby!
I am envious that you got to participate in the Restoration of a P40!
I wanted to become a Fighter Pilot... Instead I became a Paratrooper!
I was 7 when this show came on. Loved it.
Thats NOT what I heard. Boyington was a drinker, scrapper and regularly flew regulation up his superiors rear! That was the Real " Pappy" Boyington, giving himself a medal. lol. My brother met him. A real talker but nice guy.
Sometimes you just have to be a bigger Prick
This is from Black Sheep Squadron, the TV series.
Baa Baa Blacksheep is the standalone movie that served as the pilot for the series.
I had a Wild Wild West lunchbox in the third grade. So naturally Blacksheep was my favorite show in Highschool.
I always appreciated the sudden shift from Hollywood 35mm to war correspondent 8mm film during the fight scenes
Baa Baa Baaaa
Even standing at attention in a dress uniform, John Larroquette still had that shit eating grin on his face. I was disappointed when he left the show after the first season, but better things awaited him, namely Night Court, and his own series in the 90's. One of our most under rated talents.
Stuart Ross Touché Sir
Stuart Ross John's corsair is 30 minutes from my house. I see it fly every once in a while.
He also had a part in Star Trek 3.
Stuart Ross I saw something that showed him with the show from 76-78. That was 29 episodes and two seasons ?
Dan Feilding was hilarious! I believe John even had a hunting show. The guy is a real pro gunner.
A good show to watch on a Saturday night
Back in the 80s me and my pops used to watch this show and the A-Team
The real Pappy Boyington in the News Reel clip was pinning on the award to Robert Conrad.
This was a good episode. Everyone thought TJ shot Harachi down, Pappy & Micklin going at each other's throats trying trying to fix Pappy's F4U-4 so he can go 1 v 1 with Harachi that afternoon...
@55 i loved this show thats why i became a pilot !!!! My grandpa knew Boyington they went to the UW together and then meet up again in Boganville My step grandpa was a philipino Captain there . John P Mendoza .
YUUUP! Pappy is General Harrison. Was in the Show! Answered my Own Question!! LOL
Got to meet Rob Conrad in the USN. He told me this was his favorite role (not WWWest). He and Red West (former Marine - who knew and served w/Gunny Lee Ermey) became very good friends.
Perhaps this was his favorite role, but who could fit a pair of slacks like Jim West? Just observations from an older woman...
When I was stationed at MCAS Yuma, Az. VMA 214 were stationed there, flying the AV8B Harriers
I thought I read that VMF-214 was supposed to transition to F-35B's soon (the VTOL model). From the nephew of a Cold War NCO, SEMPER FI! Thank you for your service, Sir!
@@williambabyak1094 There has been so many issues with them, that they are not coming off the production line as fast
Loved the show growing up... but ugh, some things are best forgotten.
I miss these shows!!!
Quelle série elle a baigné mes années 80 c'était savoureux!!!
This was my favorite show when I was a kid
great show back in the day
The Japanese pilot that shot down Boyington was never on an island with him after the battle, but the read "Bye Bye Blacksheep" by Kawato, was a very good read.
Loved this show
I had a Cox model airplane 049 Corsair.
I HAD A STUKA DIVE BOMBER
I had the Testors P-40. . . .
The show still plays on the HERO channel Sunday's at 1500 Arizona time. That's 3 0 clock for you civilians. 😋
It's on Saturday evening at 7 PM on H&I over the air.
Loved this show when i was young, it would be the last thing id see before enlisting.
When I was a kid I never questioned why the leader of a squadron would be flying by himself with a damaged plane.
Holly fuck.... The gut giving the medal is the real Boyington!!
thank you for your service VMF 214 vella lacava island