Better know as"Swede Vejtasa".
He was a Dauntless pilot on Yorktown during the Salamaua Raids and got a hit on a Transport.Later at Coral Sea he was jumped by 7 Zeroes,while flying a Dauntless,Destroying 4 of them and damaging a 4th.
October 26,1942 in the Battle of Santa Cruz,while flying a Wildcat of VF-10 ( USS Enterprise ) he shot down 2 Vals that were attacking USS Hornet.Later that day he shot down 5 Kate torpedo planes attacking USS Enterprise and damaging another as his ammo ran out.
That's 10 planes in 2 days.He later got .25 credit for a Mavis.
He was sent back home to train other pilots and never flew in combat again.
Any interest in making missions of his exploits?They could be challenging.
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