Aviation
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt presented St. Louis native and aviation ace Lieutenant (junior grade) Edward Henry (“Butch”) O’Hare, United States Navy, with the Medal of Honor in a ceremony at the White House on this day in 1942. O’Hare was section leader and pilot of Fighting Squadron 3, when on February 20, 1942, he lost …
Charles Lindbergh set a speed record on the first leg of his historic flight. After a day’s rest he flew to New York and set another record. Lindbergh was delayed several days by bad weather, but on the morning of May 20 took off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island. Shortly before nightfall, he passed …