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| | VMF-214 - Black Sheep Squadron USMC WWII |
 | | The most famous Marine Corps fighter squadron of WW2, VMF-214, forever linked with its second CO, Pappy Boyington, went through three incarnations, three entirely different units, that used the same squadron number. |
 | | In a typical wartime shuffling of designations, Boyington's team was redesignated VMF-214, while the exhausted pilots of the original VMF-214 "Swashbucklers" were sent home. |
 | | Bruce Gamble, explains the details in his book The Black Sheep: The Definitive Account of Marine Fighting Squadron 214 in World War II, which chronicles all three squadrons that used the number 214. |
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