Series Description:

The Baa Baa Black Sheep TV show was about a group of Marine misfits, most on the verge of court-martial, who are assembled into a fighter squadron based on an island in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. The squadron leader is "Pappy Boyington" who was somewhat of a misfit himself, but has the advantage of 15 or so years more maturity than his men. They were constantly in trouble but it's usually overlooked due to their success as fighter pilots. The show was based on real-life characters who were not the bad boys we saw on the show. In fact, Gregory Boyington was actually an "Ace" several times over and a Medal Of Honor winner!

Cast Members:

Robert Conrad ........... Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington
Dirk Blocker ............ Lieutenant Jerry Bragg
Robert Ginty ............ Lieutenant T.J. Wiley
John Larroquette ........ Lieutenant Bob Anderson
Jeff MacKay ............. Lieutenant Don French
Larry Manetti ........... Lieutenant Bob Boyle
W.K. Stratton ........... Lieutenant Larry Casey
Dana Elcar .............. Colonel Thomas Lard
Joey Aresco ............. Sergeant John David "Hutch" Hutchinson
James Whitmore Jr. ...... Captain James Gutterman
Simon Oakland ........... General Thomas Moore

Trivia:

This TV show was "loosely" based on the book, "Baa Baa Black Sheep", written by Gregory Boyington.

Dirk Blocker's father was Dan Blocker, the lovable "Hoss Cartwright" on the TV show, "Bonanza (1959)"!

Larry Manetti and Robert Conrad are half-brothers! You may also remember Larry in his role as "Orville 'Rick' Wright" on the TV series, "Magnum P.I. (1980)".

The Black Sheep Squadron was an unofficial title. It was actually the 214th Fighter Squadron.

The "Pappy" Boyington character, also know to his men as, "The Old Man", was actually only 35 years old. His "title" came from the fact that his men were mostly in their early 20's. The ficticious Boyington was well-accepted by his men, however, as he only acted marginally more mature than they did.

Baa Baa Black Sheep is also referred to as "The Black Sheep Squadron"

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Episodes List With Original Air Dates

Tv Pilot Movie

Flying Misfits (9/21/1976)

The First Season

Best Three Out of Five (9/23/1976)
Small War (9/28/1976)
High Jinx (10/5/1976)
Prisoners of War (10//1976)
Presumed Dead (10/26/1976)
The Meatball Circus (11/9/1976)
Up for Grabs (11/16/1976)
Anyone for Suicide? (11/23/1976)
New Georgia on My Mind (11/30/1976)
The Cat's Whiskers (12/7/1976)
Love and War (12/14/1976)
War Biz Warrior (1/4/1977)
The Deadliest Enemy of All - Part 1 (1/11/1977)
The Deadliest Enemy of All - Part 2 (1/18/1977)
Devil in the Slot (1/25/1977)
Five the Hard Way (2/1/1977)
Last Mission Over Sengai (2/8/1977)
Trouble at Fort Apache (2/15/1977)
Poor Little Lambs (2/22/1977)
W*A*S*P*S (3/1/1977)
Last One for Hutch (3/8/1977)
The Fastest Gun (3/22/1977)

The Second Season

For the second season episode information and more trivia see: "Black Sheep Squadron"