File:Two VF-10 pilots on USS Enterprise (CV-6) 1942.jpg
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| Description | U.S. Navy pilots Lt. Dave Pollock and Lt. Swede Vejtasa of Fighting Squadron 10 (VF-10) "Grim Reapers" aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) off Guadalcanal, in October 1942, shortly before the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. The two pilots have dragged two heavy chairs up to the flight deck to illustrate their boredom. Pollock would end the war with two kills. Vejtasa scored 10.25 kills and retired with the rank of captain. He passed away on 23 January 2013 at the age of 98. |
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| Source | U.S. Naval Aviation News Spring 2013 [1], p. 21. |
| Author | US Navy |
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