愛德華·奧黑爾Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare,1914年3月13日—1943年11月26日),美國海軍少校,曾加入海軍航空兵參與第二次世界大戰,曾經在4分鐘內擊落5架日本飛機。1943年他的飛機在吉爾伯特群島日軍擊落。1949年,奧黑爾國際機場為了紀念他正式改名。

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Edward O'Hare
愛德華·奧黑爾
Lieutenant Edward Butch O'Hare in a Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat. The wartime censor has blanked out the famous "Felix the Cat" squadron insignia on this photo (colorized photo).
暱稱"Butch"
出生(1914-03-13)1914年3月13日
 美國密蘇里州聖路易
逝世1943年11月26日(1943歲—11—26)(29歲)
吉爾伯特群島附近(KIA
效命 美國
軍種美國海軍
服役年份1937–1943
軍銜少校(Lieutenant Commander)
統率Fighting 3 (VF-3), Air Group 6
參與戰爭第二次世界大戰
獲得勳章榮譽勳章
海軍十字勳章
飛行優異十字勳章(2枚)
紫心勳章
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參考文獻

  • "Air Classics", May 2003.
  • Ewing, Steve; Lundstrom, John B. Fateful Rendezvous: The Life of Butch O'Hare. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. 1997. ISBN 1-55750-247-1.
  • Lundstrom, John B. The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. 1984 [February 26, 2010]. ISBN 0-87021-189-7. (原始內容存檔於2020-08-01).
  • Reynolds, Clark G. The Carrier War (Time-Life Epic of Flight series). Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books. 1982. ISBN 0-8094-3304-4.
  • "Edward Butch O'Hare." Legends of Airpower DVD, Episode #309. Frederick, MD: 3 Roads Communications, Inc., 2003.
  • "TIME Magazine", December 20, 1943 (Vol. XLII No. 25) "World Battlefronts: Butch O'Hare". Time. December 20, 1943 [September 29, 2010]. (原始內容存檔於2013-08-26).
  • Shores, Christopher & Cull, Brian & Izawa, Yasuho Krvavá jatka II. Plzeň, Czech Republic: Mustang, 1995, ISBN 80-85831-73-2 (Czech translation of English BLOODY SHAMBLES VOLUME TWO: The Complete Account of the Air War in the Far East, from the Defence of Sumatra to the Fall of Burma, 1942)

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