August 23, 2005 at 9:33 pm
Out of curiosity , did Major Greg Boyington shout challenges via radio to the japanese fighter pilots whenever he was strafing an airfield and found no air oppisition ?
It seems a bit of a rumour but would a man who loved his Corsair and beer first be that passionate on wanting to tangle with Zeros? . The programmes about him make him the type of person who would probably challenge Hellcat pilots for branding his Corsair “loud and uncontrolable”
By: Rob Mears - 24th August 2005 at 15:51
I believe this was indeed a factual account. It was over the enemy air base at Rabaul. He met no opposition at altitude and called for them to come up and fight. They allegedly responded by telling him “No, you come down and we’ll fight”. 🙂