Search results
We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.
In this excerpt from the new Naval Institute Press book, Fateful Rendezvous: The Life of Butch O'Hare, two distinguished World War II historians weigh the evidence about the shootdown of the F6F flown by this fabled fighter pilot and explore the legacy he left to naval aviation.
Edward “Butch” O’Hare, fighter ace, war hero, son, husband, and father, was missing in action and presumed dead. Recommending O’Hare for a second Medal of Honor, Admiral Radford said, “Butch, with accompanying planes, saved my formation from certain torpedo hits.”
29 cze 2018 · U.S. Navy Lieutenant Edward “Butch” O’Hare holds the distinction of being the first Naval Aviator to be awarded the Medal of Honor—the United States’ highest military honor—during World War II. His accomplishments as a fighter pilot are incredible in their own right.
On Nov. 8, 1939, “Easy Eddie” O’Hare was gunned down a week before Capone was released from prison, supposedly for helping the government make its case against his former boss.
17 mar 2019 · Two legendary pilots, Edward “Butch” O’Hare and Paul Tibbets, were teammates in 1931 at Western Military Academy in Alton, Illinois. Tibbets is standing at the far right (No. 79) and O’Hare is in the second row from the bottom, seated far right. Photo courtesy of St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
By contrast, Ewing and Lundstrom came to their conclusions on what happened to Butch after interviewing the still-living survivors of O'Hare's last mission: F6F pilot Skon, TBF radar officer Rand, and TBF gunner Kernan.
