爱德华·奥黑尔Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare,1914年3月13日—1943年11月26日),美国海军少校,曾加入海军航空兵参与第二次世界大战,曾经在4分钟内击落5架日本飞机。1943年他的飞机在吉尔伯特群岛日军击落。1949年,奥黑尔国际机场为了纪念他正式改名。

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Edward O'Hare
爱德华·奥黑尔
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).
昵称"Butch"
出生(1914-03-13)1914年3月13日
 美国密苏里州圣路易
逝世1943年11月26日(1943岁—11—26)(29岁)
吉尔伯特群岛附近(KIA
效命 美国
军种美国海军
服役年份1937–1943
军衔少校(Lieutenant Commander)
统率Fighting 3 (VF-3), Air Group 6
参与战争第二次世界大战
获得勋章荣誉勋章
海军十字勋章
飞行优异十字勋章(2枚)
紫心勋章
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参考文献

  • "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. (原始内容存档于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]. (原始内容存档于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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