Some New (Well Newer) News About Old Stuff. Both are from January of this year as I am catching up.
1. REAL COLD CASE-- Jan. 12th Chicago Tribune-- The Chicago police are looking again into the unsolved 1939 gangland-style murder of Edward J. O'Hare. It is believed hat Al Capone had a part in it.
O'Hare owned race tracks and part of the Chicago Cardinals (now Arizona Cardinals) football team and became an informant against Capone. His information helped get Capone arrested for income tax evasion.
His son, Edward "Butch O'Hare attended the US Naval Academy and was a Navy pilot who won the Medal of Honor for shooting down five Japanese bombers and damaging a sixth in an attack on his aircraft carrier at the Battle of Midway.
He was later killed and Chicago's O'Hare Airport is named after him.
2. MITCHELL B-25s-- From the Jan. 13th Aero-News Net. The Doolittle's Raiders 68th Reunion Celebration is April 15-19th at the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. Mitchell B-25s were used for the raid.
Mitchell bombers from all over the US are expected to attend. During the war, nearly 10,000 were produced and 200 are located in museums around the world with 40 still considered air worthy. Thirty-eight of these were contacted to attend the celebration.
A Squadron of B-25s Would Be Something to See. --DaCoot
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