<P> Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare (March 13, 1914--November 26, 1943) was an American naval aviator of the United States Navy, who on February 20, 1942, became the Navy's first flying ace when he single - handedly attacked a formation of nine heavy bombers approaching his aircraft carrier . Even though he had a limited amount of ammunition, he managed to shoot down or damage several enemy bombers . On April 21, 1942, he became the first naval recipient of the Medal of Honor in World War II . </P> <P> O'Hare's final action took place on the night of November 26, 1943, while he was leading the U.S. Navy's first - ever nighttime fighter attack launched from an aircraft carrier . During this encounter with a group of Japanese torpedo bombers, O'Hare's Grumman F6F Hellcat was shot down; his aircraft was never found . In 1945, the U.S. Navy destroyer USS O'Hare (DD - 889) was named in his honor . </P> <P> A few years later, Colonel Robert R. McCormick, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, suggested that the name of Chicago's Orchard Depot Airport be changed as a tribute to Butch O'Hare . On September 19, 1949, the Chicago, Illinois airport was renamed O'Hare International Airport to honor O'Hare's bravery . The airport displays a Grumman F4F - 3 museum aircraft replicating the one flown by Butch O'Hare during his Medal of Honor flight . The Grumman F4F - 3 Wildcat on display was recovered virtually intact from the bottom of Lake Michigan, where it sank after a training accident in 1943 when it went off the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine (IX - 64). In 2001, the Air Classics Museum remodeled the aircraft to replicate the F4F - 3 Wildcat that O'Hare flew on his Medal of Honor flight . The restored Wildcat is exhibited in the west end of Terminal 2 behind the security checkpoint to honor O'Hare International Airport's namesake . </P> <P> Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Selma Anna (Lauth) and Edward Joseph O'Hare . He was of Irish and German descent . Butch had two sisters, Patricia and Marilyn . When their parents divorced in 1927, Butch and his sisters stayed with their mother Selma in St. Louis while their father Edward moved to Chicago . Butch's father was a lawyer who worked closely with Al Capone before turning against him and helping convict Capone of tax evasion . </P>

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