{"product_id":"model-postage-stamp-f4u-pappy-boyington-1-100wb","title":"Model Postage Stamp F4U Pappy Boyington 1\/100WB","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=unicode\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"GENERATOR\" content=\"MSHTML 11.00.10570.1001\"\u003eThe F4U Corsair was a naval fighter aircraft used by the United States \nNavy and Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War. Its excellent \ncapabilities and performance made it very successful for the USMC. The F4U had a \nlong production life span and was last produced in 1952. It had a max speed of \n417 mph and carried six .50 caliber machine guns or four 20mm cannons, as well \nas a pair of 2000 lb. bombs and air rockets. F4U aircraft #86 was piloted by \nMaj. Gregory \"Pappy\" Boyington, Commanding Officer of the VMF-214 \"Black Sheep\" \nSquadron who fought their way to fame in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. \nFlying out of their home airfield out of Vella Lavella, the \"Black Sheep\" piled \nup a record 203 planes destroyed or damaged, troop transports and supply ships \nsunk, and ground installations destroyed in their first 84 days. Boyington \nhimself claims a record 28 total kills. He was shot down on January 3, 1944 and \nwas a prisoner of war for 20 months until the Japanese surrender. He was awarded \nboth the Medal of Honor and Navy Cross on October, 1945. The mid-1970s \ntelevision show \"Baa Baa Black Sheep\" was very loosely based on his memoirs. \nThis Die-cast metal airplane model comes in 1:100 scale with plastic stand and \nmodel is approximately 4 inches long with 4 3\/4 inch wingspan.","brand":"Shop EAA Merchandise","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50562528411951,"sku":"6270380100000","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/9272\/5551\/files\/ModelPostagestampF4U_86BlackSheepPappy.png?v=1728074464","url":"https:\/\/shop.eaa.org\/products\/model-postage-stamp-f4u-pappy-boyington-1-100wb","provider":"Shop EAA Merchandise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}