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Lt. Edward O’Hare takes off from the aircraft carrier
Lexington in a raid against the Japanese position at Rabaul—and minutes later becomes America’s first WWII flying ace, shooting down five enemy bombers.
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Lexington in a raid against the Japanese position at Rabaul—and minutes later becomes America’s first WWII flying ace, shooting down five enemy bombers.
Pilot Edward O’Hare becomes first American WWII flying ace | February 20, 1942 | HISTORY
Lt. Edward O’Hare takes off from the aircraft carrier Lexington in a raid against the Japanese position at Rabaul—and minutes later becomes America’s first WWII flying ace, shooting down five enemy bombers. In mid‑February 1942, the Lexington sailed into the Coral Sea. Rabaul, a town at the very...

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