GREGORY BOYINGTON
(1912 1988 .)
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- 1941, 1943 - 44.
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- AVG;VFG-222;VMF-214
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2- F4U ""; , .
4 1912 -', . . 1934 , . 1936 . , 3- . 2- , 1941 AVG - ( ), , " ". -40 "" . , -. - - , 1942 300 , - - 6 . , AVG, : " " "" , 3,5 , 2 , 1,5 - . - - , " " , !
Hawk 81A-2, AVG.
1942 AVG , 30- , . , - . 1943 , , , "" . - - VMF-222 ( - VMF-122), "" . , , . , VMF-222 . . , VMF-214. " ", , " ".
F4U "", VMF-214 , " " - 20- "" " " 30- "". , ; 5 ! , " " , 17 1943 , 26 "" 20 "". 32 14 ! VMF-214, "" (), , - , , , . - : " , , "... , . , : "? . "", , !"
F4U-1 , 1943
, " " 100 , 20 , . VMF-214 , -24 "". 25 1943 "" , , , 2 "" . 2 25 , - - "" . 1- , . , 2- , , , , .
1944 , , . 3 1944 12- "". 360 , " " . "" 19- ( 18 ) 253- . , "" . : , . , , , , 20- , , . "" , . . 1945 , , . 5 - - "" "" 1944 .
F4U-1 , 1944
28 4 , , . , , 1947 , , . , ; 1955 , , . 50- "-, -, ", ; .
"" 1988 .