In December 1942, Lieutenant Takeshi Seikihata served as pilot on the seaplane tender Chitose, flying F1M Petes

At 11:00 on 7 December 1942, a supply drum transport run, made up of eleven destroyers, left the Shortlands bound for Guadalcanal. These were likely covered by two separate patrols comprised of a total of 13 204th Kokutai Zeros from Buin, both of which had returned to base in the late afternoon. They were replaced by a final patrol of four Chitose F1M Petes that departed the Shortlands at 17:10.
From Henderson Field, Major Joseph Sailer (CO VMSB-132) led a dozen SBDs from VMSB-132 and -142 to attack the destroyers. One crew returned to base with engine trouble but took off in another aircraft. Escort was provided by four VMF-112 F4Fs together with some P-38s and a single P-40F.
Major Sailer found the destroyers at 18:35, just after sunset, and commenced an attack as they ”began manoeuvring violently and through up a screen of AA”. Sailer led the attack and made a near miss on the lead destroyer which caused it to rise out of the water ”perceptibly”. Then the following dive-bomber pilots claimed three hits with their bombs, after which the SBDs came under attack by floatplanes. During this period the fighter escorts remained above at 3,400 meters and failed to notice the floatplanes in the gathering darkness.
After Major Sailer levelled off from his dive, he was the first to be attacked by floatplanes. He then calmly made a radio call advising that his dive flaps would not close, and he would have to ditch. His SBD-3(Buer 06689) was then again targeted by a floatplane and was seen to roll over and dive into the sea. One other SBD was damaged during these attacks and the pilot received a 7.7mm bullet wound in his leg.
The attacker was the leader of the four Chitose F1M Petes, Lieutenant Takeshi Seikihata, who fired 950 x 7.7mm rounds and accurately claimed one definite and one probable kill.
Sailer's loss was not without reward as the destroyer Nowaki had indeed been hit and had gone dead in the water as a result of a flooded engine room. With 17 sailors killed, the destroyer was towed back to the Shortlands by the Naganami, with both vessels screened by the Ariake and Arashi.

Seikihata ended the war with 1 shared biplane victory.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1942
1	07/12/42	18:35-	1	SBD (a)	Destroyed	F1M		Guadalcanal area	Chitose
	07/12/42	18:35-	1	SBD (b)	Probably destroyed	F1M		Guadalcanal area	Chitose

Biplane victories: 1 destroyed, 1 probably destroyed.
TOTAL: 1 destroyed, 1 probably destroyed.
(a) SBD-3 from VMSB-132 shot down with CO Major Joseph Sailer and his navigator/gunner KiA.
(a) SBD damaged and pilot WiA.

Sources:
Solomons Air War Volume 3: Guadalcanal: From the brink November – December 1942 - Michael John Claringbould and Peter Ingman. 2023 Avonmore Books, ISBN 978-0-975-64233-7