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Henry Bourgeois, 'Black Sheep' aviator (Died)
NOLA.COM ^ | Saturday, November 14, 2009 | St. Tammany bureau

Posted on 11/14/2009 3:48:04 PM PST by jrushing


Lt. Col. Henry "BOO" Bourgeois that flew on the 2nd Tour with Pappy Boyington.

Henry Mayor "Hank" Bourgeois, one of the last surviving aviators from World War II's famed Black Sheep Squadron, died Monday at St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington. He was 88.

(Near New Orleans)

(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: blacksheepsquadron; wwii
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To: Syntyr
As of April 2009 there are still 9 surviving members:
William M. Bower

Richard E. Cole

Thomas C. Griffin

Robert L. Hite

Frank A. Kappeler

James H. Macia

Charles J. Ozuk

Edward J. Saylor

David J. Thatcher

They are all Medal of Honor winners aren't they

21 posted on 11/14/2009 4:53:12 PM PST by mountainlion (concerned conservative.)
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To: incredulous joe

I loved that show.


22 posted on 11/14/2009 5:05:26 PM PST by mountn man (The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
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To: Syntyr
Still my favorite plane. I love the sounds of them.

You Tube Sounds & pics for you.
1. F4U start-up

For my Dad.
2. B24 start-up


23 posted on 11/14/2009 5:11:19 PM PST by jrushing (Anti-American-Terrorists-Cowards-Nazis-Communist-Socialist-Democratic Party)
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To: jrushing
Here's an even better F4U start-up, take-off & fly-by.

1. F4U

24 posted on 11/14/2009 5:19:47 PM PST by jrushing (Anti-American-Terrorists-Cowards-Nazis-Communist-Socialist-Democratic Party)
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To: 70th Division

Hellcats were much more reliable than the Corsairs.


25 posted on 11/14/2009 5:22:04 PM PST by TweetEBird007
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To: incredulous joe
One of my dad's favorite programs.

It was one of my favorite also.

The Corsair's distinctive sound, which earned it among the Japanese the nick-name of "Whistling Death", partly because of the engine sound, that was caused by the wing-root inlets for engine air. Shown above is Maj. Gregory Boyington's F4U from VMF-214.

26 posted on 11/14/2009 5:24:48 PM PST by jrushing (Anti-American-Terrorists-Cowards-Nazis-Communist-Socialist-Democratic Party)
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To: fatnotlazy

Yeah - there’s a lot of brave folks still living -getting fewer by the day.

My dad stayed stateside in the service - he wrote the manual for the M-1 rifle. When I found it in his things after he died, I almost threw it out, then realized what I was holding.

Hubby’s uncle was a bombadier in Europe - MANY pictures he wasn’t supposed to take are in family albums.


27 posted on 11/14/2009 5:44:10 PM PST by RebelTXRose
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To: advance_copy

The Corsair is one of the best looking prop job fighters ever built and I loved the series too. I have the DVDs around here.


28 posted on 11/14/2009 5:47:25 PM PST by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: RebelTXRose
Your screen name made me think of this B25 named The Yellow Rose. I saw this airplane & met the pilot at the Belle Chase air show in Louisiana.

The Yellow Rose

29 posted on 11/14/2009 5:55:59 PM PST by jrushing (Anti-American-Terrorists-Cowards-Nazis-Communist-Socialist-Democratic Party)
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To: 70th Division

If I’m not mistaken, the Hellcats racked up a much higher total kills than the Corsairs. It’s kill numbers ranked right up there near the top with any of our fighters in WW2.

My Dad too, he was in the Leyte invasion of the Philippines. He died last year.


30 posted on 11/14/2009 6:38:40 PM PST by sasportas
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To: Professional Engineer

Thanks for the ping PE

Regards

alfa6 ;>}


31 posted on 11/14/2009 6:50:05 PM PST by alfa6
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To: sasportas

To all you fans. YOu can watch “og Fights” rom the history channel on line. Just go to the site. The Hell Cat had 6 Fifty cals, could climb higher than the zero and had armorment and bladder fuel tanks. The pilots liked to take a Zero on Head on. Talk about guys with guts.


32 posted on 11/14/2009 6:51:55 PM PST by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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To: sasportas

I lost my Dad in May. He was on the USS Block Island, so he and your Dad were in the same waters. The Block Island was all Marine Corsairs. He contracted malaria in the Philippines, which kept him from becoming a foreign missionary after the war. A few years ago my brothers and I got him to talk about his service. He told us about his ship picking up the prisoners of war and carrying them back to an island with a hospital. After years of captivity many of them died on the way. Very sad.


33 posted on 11/14/2009 7:00:00 PM PST by Pan_Yan (All gray areas are fabrications.)
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To: jrushing

Wow! Nice plane!
My mom & dad met at a USO dance in Alexandria, LA...got LA blood along with TX blood.


34 posted on 11/14/2009 7:09:47 PM PST by RebelTXRose
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To: RebelTXRose
Check out your very own WWII flying museum in Texas. The Yellow Rose is from the CAF in Midland, TX.

This used to be the Confederate Air Force but that name became politically incorrect.

35 posted on 11/14/2009 7:35:02 PM PST by jrushing (Anti-American-Terrorists-Cowards-Nazis-Communist-Socialist-Democratic Party)
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To: jrushing

Thanks! That’s cool.

Didn’t the Confederate Air Force have a museum in breckenridge? I saw it once when traveling in a small plane - that was a fuel stop. I didn’t know CAF had to change their name.


36 posted on 11/14/2009 8:05:25 PM PST by RebelTXRose
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To: jrushing

MMF Salute—My father EE helped build Corsairs- I saw them fly off the factory field in Connecticut when I was 2- 3 years old and still remember the P&W roars-and Sikorsky`s “Big Bugs” next door- Still got his 1940`s Corsair flying jacket-


37 posted on 11/14/2009 9:24:38 PM PST by bunkerhill7 (God bless)
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To: jrushing

RIP.


38 posted on 11/15/2009 3:42:16 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: ken5050
the last survivor is supposed to open the bottle of brandy and toast his squadronmates

In addition, the president of Hennessy Company gave Jimmy Doolittle a bottle of 'Hennessy Very Special' cognac, vintage 1896, the year of Doolittle's birth. When there are only two raiders left, these two men will open the bottle and have a final toast to their departed comrades, Air Force officials said.

39 posted on 11/15/2009 7:02:18 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: mountainlion
They are all Medal of Honor winners(sic) aren't they

recipients and no they aren't.

40 posted on 11/15/2009 7:15:30 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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