I created an instant action type mission to replicate the events on 17 October 1943 over Bougainville.
VMF-214, the Black Sheep Squadron, was established earlier in 1943 and quickly earned a reputation for high-risk fighter sweeps and air combat successes under Boyington’s command. The actions around mid-October 1943 were part of a sustained campaign of air operations in the Solomon Islands aimed at isolating key Japanese strongholds such as Rabaul and reducing enemy capabilities across the theater.
