Carnagey, Pierre Marceline, Maj

Golden Dragon Certificate

Shellback Certificate

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Serial Number 06432

Although VMF-214 squadron flew all types of missions, Pappy Boyington preferred to directly engage enemy fighters in individual battle. At first, the Black Sheep were limited to the airspace near the bombers they protected, but by mid-October Boyington received permission to start his fighter sweeps, which Marine aviation historian Robert Sherrod described as a bold challenge to the enemy. There is nothing devious about a fighter sweep, Sherrod wrote. It is a head-on attack whose primary goal is to down enemy planes. The most furious fighter sweeps occurred near Rabaul. During the first sweep, on December 17, Boyington issued an open challenge to the Japanese over his radio, but none accepted the invitation. Convinced the 76 fighter planes posed too formidable a threat for the Japanese, Boyington led a smaller force of 48 planes for a sweep six days later. When the enemy rose to do battle, Boyington's pilots splashed 30 Japanese planes while losing only three Corsairs. Those three losses of the Black Sheep were Major Pierre Carnagey, 1st Lt. James E. Brubaker, and 1st Lt. Bruce Foulkes.

Body Not Recovered
 

November/06/2021, there As of this date, is no obituary to be found

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