Edward O'Hare
✓ Source-basedstableUnited States Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1914-1943)
United StatesLived 1914 to 1943 · aged 29Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry O'Hare was an American naval aviator of the United States Navy, who on February 20, 1942, became the Navy's first fighter ace of the war when he single-handedly attacked a formation of nine medium bombers approaching his aircraft carrier.
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The aircraft carrier USS Saratoga
O'Hare as 2/C midshipman at the Naval Academy, 1935
Ensign O'Hare
VF-3: Front row, second from right: Lt. Edward Butch O'Hare
O'Hare stands beside an F4F-3 Wildcat (note leather cowboy belt instead of GI standard issue tan military web belt).
F4F-3A Wildcats flown by LCDR. John Thach (F-1) and Lt. O'Hare (F-13) during the aerial photography flight of April 11, 1942.
Mitsubishi G4M "Betty"Awards 4
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Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry O'Hare was an American naval aviator of the United States Navy, who on February 20, 1942, became the Navy's first fighter ace of the war when he single-handedly attacked a formation of nine medium bombers approaching his aircraft carrier. Although he had a limited amount of ammunition, O'Hare was credited with shooting down five enemy bombers and became the first naval aviator recipient of the Medal of Honor in World War II.
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