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Living St. Louis producer Jim Kirchherr profiles the life of Edward Butch O'Hare. A few months after Pearl Harbor, O'Hare shot down five Japanese planes in a single battle to save his...
Born to a father rumored to have had ties to Al Capone and the mob, "Butch" O'Hare was a Navy pilot whose name marks one of the world's busiest airports. He ...
INTERVIEWING LIEUTENANT EDWARD O'HARE - SOUND - YouTube. British Movietone. 385K subscribers. 16. 958 views 9 years ago. (27 Apr 1942) Interview with the hero of the South Pacific Air Battle...
Yet, few Americans know very much about the airport’s namesake, Lt. Cmdr. Edward “Butch” O’Hare. A dedicated naval airman, O’Hare was a much-needed hero in the desperate early days of World War II in the Pacific. The O’Hare story is one of determination, heroism, gallantry, and sacrifice.
O'Hare can be seen in the fighter on the right, a Grumman Wildcat like the one he flew on his last mission. The two fighters went off first, at 1800, fired from the catapult, and disappeared into the distance, small diminishing blue lights just visible from their exhaust flares.
27 sty 2019 · O’Hare turned over extensive records that helped convict Al Capone in 1933. In November 1939, Eddie O’Hare was on his way home from the dog track when he was gunned down and killed in his car in a murder that to this day remains unsolved.
Edward O’Hare was an American aviator and war hero who became the U.S. Navy’s first flying ace during World War II. At the time, a flying ace was a fighter pilot who shot down five or more enemy planes.
