# Pappy Boyington

> Gregory "Pappy" Boyington was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. A Marine aviator with the Pacific fleet in 1941, Boyington joined the "Flying Tigers" of the Republic of China Air Force and saw combat in Burma in late 1941 and 1942 during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

*United States Marine Corps aviator and Medal of Honor recipient (1912-1988)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pappy-boyington

## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1912-12-04
- **Died:** 1988-01-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.3 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 12.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pappy_Boyington)
- [پاپى بوينجتون](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Gregory Boyington](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Boyington)
- [Pappy Boyington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappy_Boyington)
- [Gregory "Pappy" Boyington](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_%22Pappy%22_Boyington)
- [پاپی بویینگتون](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%88%DB%8C%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Gregory Boyington](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Boyington)
- [גרגורי בוינגטון](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F)
- [Pappy Boyington](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappy_Boyington)
- [Pappy Boyington](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappy_Boyington)
- [グレゴリー・ボイントン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3)
- [Gregory Boyington](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Boyington)
- [Gregory Boyington](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Boyington)
- [格雷戈里·博因顿](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A0%BC%E9%9B%B7%E6%88%88%E9%87%8C%C2%B7%E5%8D%9A%E5%9B%A0%E9%A1%BF)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q684140)

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