John Thach

John Smith "Jimmy" Thach (April 19, 1905 – April 15, 1981) was a World War II naval aviator, air combat tactician, and United States Navy admiral. Thach developed the Thach Weave, a combat flight formation that could counter enemy fighters of superior performance, and later the big blue blanket, an aerial defence against Kamikaze attacks.

John Thach in Days of Infamy
John Thach's Thach Weave had been thought to the US Navy pilots before their first attempt to retake the Hawaiian Islands. Lt. Jack Hadley himself thoroughly stressed it's importance during his lectures of the Flight Schools; however he believed it to be far from perfect.