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Originally Posted by Llarry
Edward "Butch" O'Hare, for whom Chicago's O'Hare airport is named.
Medal of Honor winner in 1942. Later Commander of Air Group 6 as a Lieutenant Commander. Tragically killed in action in November 1943 in early tests of night combat.
The aircraft is a Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat. No folding wings and only four .50 machine guns. The -3s were soon replaced by F4F-4s with both of those features. The folding wings allowed many more fighters to be embarked on the carriers.
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If you want to see an F4F-3, there's one on display in Terminal 2 behind the security checkpoint at Chicago International Airport-- otherwise known as ORD, or O'Hare.
It's not Butch O'Hare's actual plane, but has been restored to resemble the plane he was flying the day he had his Medal of Honor flight. It was dug out of Lake Michigan in 1992 and fully restored.
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