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On May 13, 1943, while flying
the Vought F4U-1 Corsair with VMF-112, Archie Donahue destroyed
five Zero fighters in a single engagement, becoming one of only
seven Marines to become an Ace in a single day. On April 12,
1945, while flying with VMF-451 Donahue repeated this performance
when he scored 5 victories on a single mission over Okinawa. |