AMERICA’S FIRST WWII FLYING ACE IN 1942

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Lt. Edward O’Hare takes off from the aircraft carrier Lexington
in a raid against the Japanese position at Rabaul—and minutes
later became
America’s first WWII flying ace, shooting down five
enemy bombers.       
      
      
      
      
      
      
 File:USS Lexington (CV-2) at anchor 1938.jpg - Wikimedia Commons    
USS Lexington
     

Edward “Butch” O’Hare naval aviator of the United States Navy, who on ...


This Day in WWII History: Feb 20, 1942: Pilot O'Hare becomes first ...
Edward "Butch" O’Hare waves during a parade
held in his honor in his hometown of St. Louis,
Missouri. Flanking him are his mother Selma
O’Hare, left, and his wife Rita.

World War II fighter pilot Lt. Cmdr. Edward
World War II fighter pilot Lt. Cmdr. Edward "Butch" O’Hare,
right, is congratulated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
as O’Hare’s wife Rita places the Medal of Honor around his
neck on April 21, 1942, during a White House ceremony in Washington, D.C.

 

In 1963 President Kennedy lays a wreath on a monument dedicated to Lt. Comdr. Edward
In 1963 President Kennedy lays a wreath on a monument dedicated to Lt. Comdr. Edward "Butch" O’Hare (1914 –
1943). The wreath was handed to him by O’Hare’s
nephews, Philip Tovrea III and Edward Palmer, right.

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