Edward O'Hare

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United States Navy officer World War II veteran aviator flying ace human

Edward O'Hare was a famed U.S. Navy fighter pilot and World War II flying ace who became the first naval aviator to receive the Medal of Honor.

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Label Occurrences
Edward O'Hare canonical 4
Edward Henry O'Hare 1
Edward J. O'Hare 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Navy officer ⓘ
World War II veteran ⓘ
aviator ⓘ
flying ace ⓘ
human ⓘ
aircraftFlown Grumman F4F Wildcat ⓘ
Grumman F6F Hellcat ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
awardReceived Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ
Medal of Honor ⓘ
Navy Cross ⓘ
Purple Heart ⓘ
burialPlace USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) memorial, at sea ⓘ
causeOfDeath combat-related aircraft incident ⓘ
commemoratedBy O'Hare International Airport ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1914-03-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1943-11-26 ⓘ
educatedAt United States Naval Academy ⓘ
Western Military Academy ⓘ
familyName O'Hare ⓘ
fullName Edward O'Hare self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Edward Henry O'Hare
givenName Edward ⓘ
hasChild Edward O'Hare self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Edward O'Hare Jr.

Kathy O'Hare ⓘ
Mollie O'Hare ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed in action ⓘ
memberOf United States Naval Academy ⓘ
surface form: United States Naval Academy Class of 1937
militaryBranch United States Navy ⓘ
militaryRank Lieutenant Commander ⓘ
militaryUnit VF-3 (Fighting Squadron 3) ⓘ
VF-6 (Fighting Squadron 6) ⓘ
namedAfter Edward O'Hare self-linksurface differs ⓘ
nickname Butch ⓘ
notableEvent single-handed defense of USS Lexington against Japanese bombers on 1942-02-20 ⓘ
notableFor being the first U.S. Navy flying ace of World War II ⓘ
being the first U.S. naval aviator to receive the Medal of Honor in World War II ⓘ
numberOfEnemyAircraftShotDownInNotableAction 5 ⓘ
occupation fighter pilot ⓘ
military aviator ⓘ
parent Edward O'Hare self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Edward J. O'Hare
placeOfBirth St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath near Tarawa, Gilbert Islands ⓘ
servedOn USS Enterprise (CV-6) ⓘ
USS Lexington (CV-2) ⓘ
serviceNumber unknown ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Rita Wooster ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

O'Hare International Airport → namedAfter → Edward O'Hare ⓘ
ORD → namedAfter → Edward O'Hare ⓘ
KORD → namedAfter → Edward O'Hare ⓘ
Edward O'Hare → fullName → Edward O'Hare self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edward Henry O'Hare
Edward O'Hare → parent → Edward O'Hare self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edward J. O'Hare
Edward O'Hare → hasChild → Edward O'Hare self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edward O'Hare Jr.
Edward O'Hare → namedAfter → Edward O'Hare self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: O'Hare International Airport