They Called Him a “Farmer in a Corsair” — Until 11 Zeros Lost Him Over Rabaul

Why they mocked him as a “Farmer in a Corsair” — and what happened when Major Greg “Pappy” Boyington found himself alone over Rabaul with a whole string of Zeros closing in behind him.

Late 1943. American doctrine says keep altitude, fight clean, stay predictable. But a pursuit isn’t a duel — it’s geometry, and the enemy only needs one readable move to finish you. Over hostile airspace, Boyington realizes the “right” move might be the one the Zeros are waiting for.

So he does something that looks wrong from a distance — a low, ugly decision that trades textbook style for broken sightlines and chaos in the chase.

How do you make multiple attackers lose the one thing they need most: a steady picture of you?

This is the true WWII story of a pilot everyone labeled too rough to be “professional” — and the moment those labels stopped mattering.

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