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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry “Butch” O’Hare (March 13, 1914 – November 26, 1943) was an Irish-American naval aviator of the United States Navy who on February 20, 1942 became the U.S. Navy`s first flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II. Butch 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 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.