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With his ammunition expended, O ' Hare returned to his carrier, and was fired on accidentally but with no effect by a. 50-caliber machine gun from the Lexington.

O ' Hare's fighter had, in fact, been hit by only one bullet during his flight, the single bullet hole in F-15's port wing disabling the airspeed indicator.

According to Thach, Butch then approached the gun platform to calmly say to the embarrassed anti-aircraft gunner who had fired at him, " Son, if you don't stop shooting at me when I've got my wheels down, I'm going to have to report you to the gunnery officer.