Baa Baa Black Sheep
S01E23: The Fastest Gun
When Pappy has engine trouble during the mission, a lone Japanese fighter challenges the ace pilot to a dangerous duel in the sky.
Overview
The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron.
Episodes
S01E02 Best Three Out of Five
While in temporary command, Lard uses his powers to cut the supply lines to the Black Sheep, in order to have their unit shut down for no combat activity, but Boyington finds a way around...
S01E03 Small War
While on patrol Pappy is accidentally shot down by T.J. He hits the silk and winds up on a Japanese occupied island. The squadron's morale hits rock bottom while he is MIA and Jim is...
S01E04 High Jinx
The Japanese have a new special modified armored Zero with the best Japanese pilots in the air. If Pappy or any of his men come up against them they are to disengage and get home....
S01E05 Prisoners of War
During an early morning strafing attack by Japanese Zeros Pappy manages to shoot one down. After taking the pilot prisoner they begin to discover it's hard to hate him. He has lived in the U.S....
S01E06 Presumed Dead
Presumed dead, flying ace Charles Dobson is found afloat on a raft at sea, after being released by the Japanese. The Meatheads try to unlock the secret to why the Japanese have set up shop...
S01E07 The Meatball Circus
The navy whisks Boyington and other squadron leaders away and tells them to pick five men for a top secret mission where five men from each will have fly until out of gas and ditch...
S01E08 Up for Grabs
General MacArthur is visiting everyone in the Pacific and Boyington's men are his next stop. On the day he is suppose to arrive, some Japanese soldiers show up and take everyone captive, with the intent...
S01E09 Anyone for Suicide?
Boyington, just recovered from malaria, gets no volunteers for a dangerous mission after Doc Lindsay tells the Black Sheep to ground Pappy or he'll send him stateside. Pappy decides to fly the mission anyway, with...
S01E10 New Georgia on My Mind
A marine Colonel arrives on the island and informs Boyington that he and his squad are going to join him on a raid. Boyington is not pleased when he learns that the Colonel is taking...
S01E11 The Cat's Whiskers
Boyington is looking at facing the court martial Lard has been after, but with the war at a stand still for no apparent reason, Boyington finds out why and plans a mission to bring good...
S01E12 Love and War
Nothing is fair in love or war when Bragg and Casey both fall for the same pretty nurse.
S01E13 The War Biz Warrior
A movie hero discovers war is different than the way it is portrayed on film when he is sent on a combat mission in order to improve morale.
S01E14 The Deadliest Enemy of All: Part 1
When French gets flamed in a hailstorm of flak, Pappy guides the pilot to safety but is injured in the process.
S01E15 The Deadliest Enemy of All: Part 2
Pappy receives an entirely new kind of wound when a nurse that he's fallen for reveals that she's married.
S01E16 Devil in the Slot
Gutterman breaks under pressure of a hostile air attack, and a mechanic sees his opportunity to takeover the planes...and the men.
S01E17 Five the Hard Way
When French's father pressures his son to become an ace pilot by downing a fifth plane, Pappy takes a stand against the overeager newspaper publisher.
S01E18 The Last Mission Over Sengai
Friendly fire or fatal strafing? That's the question facing a military court when Pappy is accused by a new Black Sheep pilot.
S01E19 Trouble at Fort Apache
A new experimental bomber has two generals giving conflicting orders and, unfortunately, Pappy is stuck in the middle.
S01E20 Poor Little Lambs
Twenty-four hours before a planned Marine attack, Pappy and two of his pilots are shot down over a targeted island occupied by enemy soldiers, missionaries, and orphans.
S01E21 W*A*S*P*S
The battle of the sexes lands on the frontline when a Woman's Airforce Pilots squad arrives at the base.
S01E22 Last One for Hutch
During a Japanese attack, one of the men is killed. Because of the Japanese forces, the Black Sheep and hospital staff are relocated to another island and all of them are re-asigned, but Boyington has...
S01E23 The Fastest Gun
When Pappy has engine trouble during the mission, a lone Japanese fighter challenges the ace pilot to a dangerous duel in the sky.
Cast
Robert Conrad
Greg "Pappy" Boyington
Simon Oakland
Thomas Moore
Dana Elcar
Thomas A. Lard
Dirk Blocker
Jerry Bragg
W.K. Stratton
Larry Casey
James Whitmore Jr.
Jim Gutterman
Robert Ginty
T.J. Wiley
John Larroquette
Bob Anderson
Joey Aresco
John "Hutch" Hutchinson
Larry Manetti
Bob Boyle
Jeff MacKay
Donald French
