The Flying Misfits (1976)

The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory Pappy Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214 AKA The Black Sheep Squadron The film also acted as the pilot for the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep Former US Marine pilot Greg Pappy Boyington is flying with the American Volunteer Group the Flying Tigers in China After Pearl Harbor brings America into World War II Greg leaves the AVG to rejoin the Marine Corps He refuses to be relegated to a desk job and against all military protocol forms his own fighter squadron from a group of misfits and disciplinary cases