If you’ve ever flown through Chicago, you probably recognize the name…

Check out this article from Navy Times on the life and tragic death of the “Butch” O’ Hare and how he became an Ace in WWII:

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/12/26/the-incredible-life-and-terrible-death-of-the-navys-first-world-war-ii-ace/

For those who don’t know, Ace status is awarded after achieving five or more aerial victories.

Cheers to the next one! Who knows, maybe they are amongst us here in the BD Fam!

-CHAOS

navytimes.com

The incredible life and terrible death of the Navy’s first World War II ace

By the end of the action, he had downed five of the attacking Japanese planes and damaged a sixth, approaching close enough to the aircraft carrier Lexington that some of its gunners had fired on him.