Roy Allen (1918–1991) was an American, born in the north Philadelphia neighborhood of Olney.
 He was a bomber pilot during World War II shot down over France and sent to Buchenwald concentration camp.
USS "O'Hare" (DD/DDR-889) was a "Gearing"-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Commander Edward "Butch" O'Hare, Medal of Honor recipient, who was shot down at Tarawa on 27 November 1943.
The Kentucky Medal of Honor Memorial is located at the corner of Fifth and Jefferson Streets in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, on the grounds of the old Jefferson County Courthouse.
 The Memorial honors all recipients of the Medal of Honor from the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
 The Memorial was sculpted by Doyle Glass and dedicated on Veterans Day 2001.
 The Memorial features a life-size bronze statue of Medal of Honor recipient John C. Squires as he would appear on the night he earned the Medal of Honor.
 Squires, a native of Louisville, was killed in action in Italy during World War II.
 The statue of Squires stands on a 4 ft granite base.
 A plaque on the base lists the names of each recipient of the Medal of Honor from Kentucky.
Corporal Lewis Kenneth Bausell (April 17, 1924 – September 18, 1944) was a United States Marine and posthumous recipient of the United States' highest military honor — the Medal of Honor — for his sacrifice of life, "above and beyond the call of duty", during World War II.
 During combat at Peleliu, he covered an exploding Japanese hand grenade in order to protect his comrades, and died of his wounds three days later.
 Bausell was the only enlisted Marine from the Nation's capital, Washington, D.C. to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during World War II.
Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams (born October 2, 1923) is a retired United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.
 He is the last surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor from that battle and the last surviving United States Marine to receive the Medal of Honor for heroism in World War II.
John Henry Towers (January 30, 1885 – April 30, 1955) was a United States Navy admiral and pioneer naval aviator.
 He made important contributions to the technical and organizational development of naval aviation from its very beginnings, eventually serving as Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics (1939–1942).
 He commanded carrier task forces during World War II, and retired in December 1947.
 He and Marc Mitscher were the only early Naval Aviation pioneers to survive the extreme hazards of early flight to remain with naval aviation throughout their careers.
 He was the first naval aviator to achieve flag rank and was the most senior advocate for naval aviation during a time when the Navy was dominated by battleship admirals.
 Towers spent his last years supporting aeronautical research and advising the aviation industry.
John William Finn (23 July 1909 – 27 May 2010) was a sailor in the United States Navy who, as a chief petty officer, received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II.
 As a chief aviation ordnanceman stationed at Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay, he earned the medal by manning a machine gun from an exposed position throughout the attack, despite being repeatedly wounded.
 He continued to serve in the Navy and in 1942 was commissioned an ensign.
 In 1947 he was reverted to chief petty officer, eventually rising to lieutenant before his 1956 retirement.
 In his later years he made many appearances at events celebrating veterans.
 At the time of his death, Finn was the oldest living Medal of Honor recipient, the last living recipient from the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the last United States Navy recipient of World War II.
General Quarters is a set of naval wargaming rules written by Lonnie Gill.
 Quick and easy to play they have become one of the most popular series of World War I and World War II era naval rules (they topped the poll of popular wargames rules amongst the Naval Wargames Society.
 There are currently three versions available.
 GQ1 covered World War II and used a d6 based system.
 GQ2 expanded coverage to World War I whilst also introducing new rules for World War II games; it also introduced a revised combat system that used a d10 in addition to d6.
 GQ3 was a complete revision published in 2006.
 A revised World War I version was announced for release in September 2007, and published as Fleet Action Imminent .
There are a number of campaign supplements for GQ3.
 First is The Solomons Campaign about the World War II Guadalcanal battles.
 Next is Sudden Storm a hypothetical campaign dealing with a war, between Japan and the US in 1937.
 A surprisingly possible occurrence, and one that yields a lot of big gun battles as the US fights its way back across the Pacific to the Philippines.
 All in a very smooth and playable format.
Commander Norman Douglas Holbrook VC (9 July 1888 – 3 July 1976) was a British naval recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award of the British honours system.
 Holbrook was the first submariner to be awarded the VC and it was the first naval VC gazetted in the First World War.
Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry “Butch” 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 flying ace when he single-handedly attacked a formation of nine heavy bombers approaching his aircraft carrier.
 Even though he had a limited amount of ammunition, he managed to shoot down or damage several enemy bombers.
 On April 21, 1942, he became the first naval recipient of the Medal of Honor in World War II.

Question: When was the first naval recipient of the Medal of Honor in World War II shot down?
Answer: 27 November 1943