Ace in a Day   by Stan Stokes

In 1942, Vern Graham, a young Navy pilot, was assigned to a newly organized squadron, VF-11. When the squadron was sent to Guadalcanal, the inexperienced Navy pilots were assigned the older and technically obsolete F4Fs while the Marines were flying the state-of-the-art F4U Corsairs. On one mission a large number of Japanese fighters jumped a flight of Corsairs returning from a long escort mission. Pilots from Graham's F4F flight came to the rescue of the Marines. In a few short minutes Graham would bag 5 Zekes. Out of fuel and ammo, he would crash land his F4F on Russell Island, sustaining serious injuries.