Thursday, March 09, 2006
Edward "Butch" O'Hare - WWII ace
Chicago's O'Hare Airport was named after this guy...
You can read about him at www.acepilots.com:
"The other F4F pilots were too far away to reach most of the enemy planes before they released their bombs. As if this weren't bad enough, O'Hare's wingman discovered his guns were jammed. He was forced to turn away. Butch O'Hare stood alone between the Lexington and the bombers."
"O'Hare didn't hesitate. Full throttle, he roared into the enemy formation. While tracers from the concentrated fire of the nine bombers streaked around him,..."
