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    Stanley Winfield "Swede" Vejtasa (27 July 1914 – 23 January 2013) was a United States Navy career officer and World War II flying ace. During the Battle...
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    criticised the Thach weave. One of the most notable among them was USN ace Swede Vejtasa, who claimed that it is ineffective when faced with experienced attacking...
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    escorting Zeros shot down four Yorktown SBDs. One of the survivors, Swede Vejtasa, claimed three Zeros during the onslaught (though none were lost). The...
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  • Savage (1946–1973), American race car driver Swede Vejtasa (1914–2013), American World War II flying ace Swede Youngstrom (1897–1968), American National...
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    Navy aircraft squadrons List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons Swede Vejtasa "Lineage for Fighter Squadrons" (PDF). Naval History and Heritage Command...
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  • including during the Battle of Coral Sea. On 8 May 1942, Pilot Stanley "Swede" Vejtasa claimed three A6M Zeroes shot down when his scouting squadron was pressed...
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    aggressive attitudes to the fighters that attacked them. SBD pilot Stanley "Swede" Vejtasa was attacked by three A6M2 Zero fighters; he shot down two of them and...
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    their attacks on Hornet. Although the U.S. CAP, including fighter pilot Swede Vejtasa, was able to shoot down or damage several dive bombers (the formation...
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    the first Marine to claim ace in a day. On 26 October 1942, Stanley "Swede" Vejtasa, a United States Navy (USN) aviator, downed seven Japanese planes in...
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    Navy Cross. During the battle of the Coral Sea, SBD pilot Stanley "Swede" Vejtasa was attacked by three A6M2 "Zero" fighters; he shot down two of them...
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    Unger, 5 awards Matt Urban Stephen Urban Leon L. Van Autreve, 3 awards Swede Vejtasa SFC Patrick B. Treffery John Vessey, 2 awards Jonas Vilhauer William...
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  • of bomber pilots battling fighter aircraft. US Navy pilot Stanley 'Swede' Vejtasa in a SBD Dauntless vs. the A6M Zero in the Battle of the Coral Sea;...
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  • Military Times. "Milton Norwood Vedder". Military Times. "Stanley Winfield Vejtasa". Military Times. "Clinton Dermott Vincent". Military Times. "Merriwell...
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  • in a Douglas SBD Dauntless (SBD) dive bomber of future fighter ace Swede Vejtasa during the attack on Shōhō and filmed the naval battle unfolding below...
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  • for the program are pilots Captain Donald "Flash" Gordon, Stanley "Swede" Vejtasa, Captain Norman "Dusty" Kleiss, Rear Admiral James D. Ramage, and Bruce...
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    Don Miller as well as Ensign Maurice N. Wickendoll, and Lieutenant Swede Vejtasa's flight of four. As the Japanese they sought were withdrawing to the...
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    Burch, Rear Admiral". VP Navy. Retrieved 22 September 2021. "Stanley "Swede" Vejtasa, Scouting Squadron 5 (VS-5), USS Yorktown (CV-5)". The National World...
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  • II U.S. submarine force commander, inventor of the Momsen lung Stanley Vejtasa, US Navy Fighter Ace of World War II "The Swedish knight" – Sir Sidney...
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