Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry 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 fighter ace of the war when he single-handedly attacked a formation of nine medium bombers approaching his aircraft carrier.

Stanley Winfield "Swede" Vejtasa (27 July 1914 – 23 January 2013) was a United States Navy career officer and World War II flying ace. [1] [2] During the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, he was credited with downing seven Japanese aircraft …

The Navy pilots flew Grumman F4F-3 Wildcats, which like most American planes were practically obsolete at the time, certainly inferior to the best Japanese aircraft.

F4F战斗机是美国海军与海军陆战队在二战爆发之际最主要的舰载战斗机，也是遏制零战神话与稳定美国在太平洋地区制空权的关键角色。 F4F战斗机由美国格鲁曼公司研制，1937年首飞，1940年率先在美国海军和英国皇家海军服役，1945年退役，其昵称成为格鲁曼公司以猫作为战斗机昵称的初始产品。 [1] “野猫”来自更现代的布鲁斯特F2A“水牛（Buffalo）”单翼机而提出的一个双翼设计XF4F-0，1936年夏，格鲁曼飞机制造厂承担了美国海军某单翼战斗机的可行性的修订 …

2021年1月22日 · The cigar-chomping, tough-as-nails American ace with 26 kills in World War II gunned his Grumman F4F Wildcat into action and ordered his pilots to use the overcast conditions to their advantage...

2018年4月19日 · IT WAS DURING the pivotal Oct. 26, 1942 carrier battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in the Solomons that one of the U.S. Navy’s best pilots of the Second World War earned his place in the history books.

The Navy’s first fighter ace, Edward (Butch) O’Hare, scored his first five victories flying an F4F on 20 February 1942. Including O’Hare, 26 U.S. Navy pilots became fighter aces while flying Wildcats; in addition, 48 Marine pilots became aces in Wildcats.

2013年1月14日 · In all, 34 Marine pilots and 27 Navy pilots would become aces flying the Grumman F4F Wildcat. The top-scoring ace was Joe Foss, with 26 air victories, all in Wildcats. Grumman’s final production version (twenty one built) was the F4F-7, a heavier and slower unarmed version, with fixed wings, extra fuel and photo-reconnaissance cameras.

24 August 1942: Flying a Grumman F4F Wildcat, Lieutenant Marion Eugene Carl, United States Marine Corps, a 27-year-old fighter pilot assigned to Marine Fighter Squadron 223 (VMF-223) based at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal Island, shot down four enemy airplanes in one day.

2011年12月4日 · Two FAA Martlet I fighters of British 804 Naval Air Squadron, on patrol over Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, intercepted and destroyed a prowling Junkers Ju 88 aircraft, the first victory for a US-built aircraft in British service.