1st WW II Flying Ace Traces Roots to Mob

dward J. O'Hare, commonly known as Easy Eddie, helped nab notorious mobster Al Capone at his own expense. The ambitious man had hoped to pass on his lifestyle to his son, Edward “Butch” O'Hare, who later became a flying ace in World War II. Like his father, Butch was also a man of action. But his actions proved nobler than his father's and managed to rewrite his family's legacy from one of crime to one of virtuosity.


Though not from Chicago, their lives had become inextricably tied to the city — and the crime boss who ran it. That city, in turn, honored their redemptive legacy with the naming of the Chicago O'Hare International Airport.

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