Bruce Gamble

Part 6 of the Black Sheep Chronicles series recounts the reorganization of VMF-214 at MCAS Santa Barbara in early 1944 and tracks the new squadron through a year of rigorous and costly training before their deployment aboard the USS Franklin in February 1945. […]

Using rarely-seen video footage and still photographs of the VMF-214 Blacksheep, author Bruce Gamble has produced a series of 25-minute documentary of the famous squadron’s creation and its tours of combat. […]

In this fourth installment, Gamble delves into Maj. Gregory Boyington’s inaugural combat tour. Maj. Boyington led his 28 pilots on their maiden combat mission as the newly christened Black Sheep, achieving extraordinary success in aerial engagements. […]