More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Action Adventure Drama War. Not Rated. Did you know Edit. Trivia There is a famous photo of every member of the Black Sheep Squadron posing on the wings of one of their planes wearing St.
Louis Cardinals baseball caps. The Cardinals donated one cap for every Japanese plane the squadron shot down. They ended up donating so many caps, that everybody in the entire squadron, including the ground personnel, got one. Goofs Whenever a Zero was shot down by a Corsair, it would bellow white smoke and begin to trail away. In reality, because the Zero did not have self sealing fuel tanks, in would in almost every circumstance burst into flames or explode when shot down.
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FAQ 1. Keep googling but nowhere explains why these actors didn't come back. Details Edit. Release date September 21, United States. United States. Pazifikgeschwader Stephen J. Cannell Productions Universal Television. Technical specs Edit.
Runtime 1 hour. Related news. Apr 30 MovieWeb. May 25 Gold Derby. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Top Gap. See more gaps Learn more about contributing. Edit page. The Black Sheep befriend the pilot who also plays a mean game of ping pong. The sheep set up a ping pong match with the Seabees and expect their star player, TJ, to clean up during the match, but when TJ is injured, 'Rocky' as the squadron nick named him steps in to play.
TJ and Rocky have a talk about what it is like being a fighter pilot and Rocky admits to TJ that he still gets scared everytime he goes up.
TJ is grateful that Rocky wants to talk about this becuase no one else wants to discuss the issue with him. The form an awkward friendship becuase the enemies have so much in common.
Captain Charlie Dobson,a naval flyer, has been shot done and presumed lost at sea. He has actually been picked by the Japanese and put through an intensive brainwashing program. He is taken by submarine to just off Vella La Cava.
The Japanese tell him they are planting a val bag on the beach with explosives and timers for him to use at a later time. He is then placed in an infatable raft at sea near Vella La Cava. Gutterman and Anderson are flying towards a photo recon mission when they spot Dobson and call for the air-sea rescue to pick him up. They continue on to their target, a supposably deserted island with an old Japanese airstrip.
When they approach to shoot the pictures, they come under heavy fire from ground artillery. Meanwhile, Dobson has been rescued and brought to Vella La Cava. The flight surgeon, Dr. Pappy knows Dobson from their time in flight school and thinks that Dobson is acting strangely, althoug. Pappy leads the Black Sheep on a mission to destroy a Japanese aircraft carrier in a squadron composed of captured Japanese planes.
Vella la Cava is taken over by the Japanese, in anticipation of a surprise visit from General MacArthur. The morning starts out as TJ and Casey go fishing before the camp is taken over. The rest of the camp sleeps, except for Anderson and Hutch. They hear Meatball making noises in the jungle and go to investigate. The noise wakes Pappy, but it's too late. Everyone is awakened by the Japanese soldiers and herded into the sheep pen.
Pappy does what he can to warn TJ and Casey by turning the squadron flag upside down and playing reveille. As TJ and Casey return to camp, they discover the Japanese. TJ overhears their plans to capture General MacArthur and creates a diversion so Casey can get to his plane and try to warn the general.
He makes it into the air and tries to send a message, but it's garbled and MacArthur's plane can't read him. Soon after, Casey is attacked by zero's and has to jump before the message was delivered.
On the ground, the Japanese commando in charge grabs G. Everyone thinks that Pappy's bout with malaria has caused him to go insane when he proposes a suicide mission starting with a dead-stick landing on a Japanese-held island. The Black Sheep are ousted from their quarters when a Marine paratroop battalion takes over their island to use as a training area for an upcoming strike.
Pappy decides to make an unauthorized attack against a semingly impregnable Japanese radar station in order to generate good PR, which can be used to avoid his impending court martial. The squadron is granted a few days of rest and relaxation at Espritos Marcos.
There Jerry Bragg runs into Annie, an old acquaintance from his home town. She is a nurse that has just been stationed in the South Pacific.
He introduces her to the rest of the guys and she seems to have the eye for Larry. An air raid alarm goes of and while trying to find shelter, Jerry and Annie find themselves drenched by sprinklers. Annie takes Jerry back to her quarters so that they can get dried off.
They kiss and Jerry asks to see her again the next night. Annie only agrees to the date if he can find a date for her friend and she suggests Larry. Bragg reluctantly agrees and manages to convince Larry to join him in this double date. A Hollywood actor, Rod Towers, is sent to the South Pacific on a media tour to boost morale and polish his image of a strong hero type. He is stationed with the Black Sheep, most of whom are thrilled to have a star among them.
But the thrill soon wears off as he is given 'command' of the squadron, though be it mostly ceremonial. And he takes credit for fighting action when he's actually watching it from a safe distance away. Pappy suffers severe burns after pulling a pilot from a burning plane. While recovering he falls for the nurse who is taking care of him. While recovering from severe burns, Pappy has fallen for the nurse who is taking care of him, but then discovers that she is married and her husband is missing in action in Europe.
Gutterman suffers battle shock after he is shot down by a Japanese ace pilot. Micklin becomes the Black Sheep's new mechanic, making Pappy's life as difficult on the ground as the Japanese ace is making it in the sky.
Squadron member Don French is surprised at all the press coverage he receives after he chalks up his fourth air victory, making him one shy of the five it takes to become an ace. The pressurre is turned up higher when his father arrives, hoping to be present when his son turns ace. A new pilot whose family has military connections alleges that Pappy ordered an attack against American troops, leaving Pappy facing a court martial.
Moore orders the Black Sheep to escort a squadron of experimental bombers, something the bomber squadron's commander refuses to let them do. Returning from Espritos on a 'borrowed' plane Pappy, Anderson and Boyle run into trouble.
Boyle pilots the plane as Pappy and Anderson nap in the back and wakes them to tell them they must be lost. They've been in the air too long and should have reached Vella La Cava. Turns out the needle on the compass was stuck and now they are lost and running out of fuel. They spot an island and turn towards it. They are forced to parachute out. All three land on the island, but they become separated and do not know the status of the others. The island is Japanese occupied. Hearing the plane come down and seeing the parachutes, the Japanese send troups to investigate.
Pappy lands very close to the enemy and they surround him as he is trying to get free of his chute. They are interupted by a jeep driving through and Pappy uses the opportunity to escape into the jungle. In the book he details all his personal problems, his being shot down and captured by the Japanese, and his time spent in a Japanese camp. A great book written by a famous marine. A viewer remembers middlega 24 February The tales of Boyington's Black Sheep may not have been the most historically accurate, best written, or even best acted WW II series on television.
The Bellisaro hand in the casting in easy to see, with a number of familiar faces that returned to become regulars or recurring characters on Magnum P. In short, a usually enjoyable show that never failed to deliver exactly what you expected from it.
Excellent Show! While the Movie and T. When I was small I would sneak up to my room just so I could See "Pappy" and the "Black Sheep" Squadron every week and since as an adult have become intensely interested in history and the role that these true American heroes played in making this a free country.
I wish that everyone could see this show. It was an excellent program Baa Baa Blacksheep Blacksheep Squadron will always hold a special place in my heart. I not only knew the cast Great people! He had a great time working the set of Baa Baa Blacksheep and I know it meant a lot to him It really lets the reader into the kind of person he really was.
Highly recommended! Here's to Greg He was one hell of a combat pilot, and a hell of a man. He is sorely missed. This series has 'childhood memory' written all over it. I simply loved it. Being interested in WW2 aviation at an early age I watched and read everything I could get my hand on. And one day I found this series on TV. I was blown away. What were these beautiful blue aircraft?
I knew of Spitfires, Mustangs and Messerschmitts but what was this?? It was the beginning of a life long adoration for the Corsair which is still there today.
The series was far from being historical accurate, in fact it only has very few connections with the real Black Sheep Squadron VMF- But this does not matter. Sure, the story line is over the top and incredibly fictional and the same goes for the characters which are way too 'Hollywoodlike' with Robert Conrad's role getting 1st price there.
But all of this is not annoying and as a viewer you accept this as other parts in the show like the dog fighting scenes make up for this.
The actors chosen also fitted their parts very well. They all seemed to be cast just right and all have their specific place in the squadron and all share the same amount of attention except for Pappy of course. They "jumped the shark" as they say in Hollywood when the nurses arrived in the series in order to save the ratings.
Too bad it was canceled. The show had much more potential. When I found out many years later that the series could be bought on DVD, I ordered it immediately without even checking the price.
Many a rainy day has been spent watching the series. Now it's my young son asking what these beautiful blue aircraft are. They were young, good looking, their lives move around flying those wonderful blue planes, they lived in tropical paradises, and between each flight they used to hang out with really hot girls, mock authority and play sports. What else an anxious pre-teen could ask from a TV Screen? Actually I saw the reruns in the 80's once and again. Only occasionally they mourned the loss of a fella, and that their business was about killing and hurting other people was of minor importance.
A pretty sweetened version of war, indeed. In the plus side, it gives good messages about camaraderie, friendship, loyalty, and even tolerance it wasn't openly anti-jap , and, at least speaking of myself, you fell compelled to learn more about actual history.
I would recommend it for parents with teens and preteens, but I'm sure they would find it slow and boring. I loved the "Corsairs" as long as I can remember. I was so disappointed when the Black Sheep series ended I never watched network television again. Pro football was the only network programming I would watch. I taped as many as I could. Then came my computer and I still haven't watched a network program for over 20 some odd years.
I know NBC don't miss me. I don't miss NBC either. God Bless Pappy Boyington. May you rest in peace. I watched this show first run in the 70s as a kid. I was always Pappy. Hey, it was my show. I loved it and remember a trip to see my aunt in Denver. I thought I had missed the show and broke down. Turns out there is this thing called Time Zones I didn't know anything about this.
I was just a kid. But, as a kid this show was a horrible example for kids my age, as were most of the shows at that time. Hard drinking and smoking and fighting were normal. So as a kid that was what adults do. So when I wanted to be an adult at 13 what did do? All those things. I'm not saying tv caused me issues but now in my 50s I'm rewatching these shows and see a pattern. Tv in the 60s and 70s were a very bad example for young kids. This show stoked my love for World War II aviation and aircraft that burns today.
So it wasn't all bad. But I can't be alone in my thoughts here.
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