re: History in Pictures is a great twitter feed. Here is one just posted.

Yes, it was in a Dauntless but not at Midway. This was in 1942.

Interesting note on the Dauntless is its agility. It was capable of pulling maneuvers of up 9g's. Although it was very slow and outclassed, it was a very agile plane.

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ETA Had an odd name. Vracieu, Vejstaha, something like that

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Close enough - will give it to you. At the time, he then Lt. Stanley "Swede" Vejtasa.


Now, about that MOH thing...