 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - VT-8 yakabhururuka kubva ku Saratoga mukati mematanho ekutanga eGuadalcanal Campaign. Muhondo yeEastern Solomons, VT-8 yakabatsira mukunyudza mutakuri wechiedza. Apo Saratoga yakaputitswa neigwa reJapan, boka racho rakagoverwa kuHenderson Field paGuadalcanal, uko rakashanda sechikamu cheCactus Air Force. VTR-8 akarwa ikoko kusvikira apo ndege zvose vakanga akaremara, uye ipapo kushanda somunhu chete-ndege chikwata, sezvo imwe ndege panguva yakanga akaiswazve basa nokuponesa zvikamu kazhinji pachavo wakakuvadzwa kubva dzimwe ndege. Vatyairi veVT-8 nevashandi vepamhepo vakapindawo mukudzivirirwa kwepasi kweHenderson Field, vachibatsira kudzivirira kurwiswa kwechiJapan kwemauto muna 24-26 Gumiguru 1942. VT-8s last official mission yakabhururuka musi wa15 Mbudzi 1942, ichirwisa zvikepe zvainge zvakuvara kubva mukamba huru yekupedzisira yeJapan yaienda kuchitsuwa ichi. Pashure pokusiya Guadalcanal ndokudzokera kuUnited States, boka racho rakaparadzwa. 