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“Ding Hao!” (Chinese for “Very Good” or “The Best”)
Pilot: Major James Howard, USAAF
U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot, 1938-1941
Member of the American Volunteer Group, “The Flying Tigers,” 1941-1942
U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force, 1942-1949
Commander, 356th Fighter Squadron, 1944
“The One Man Air Force”
The only fighter pilot in the European Theater of Operations in World War II to receive the Medal of Honor. On January 11, 1944, over Oschersleben, Germany, Howard single-handedly flew his P-51 into a flight of thirty Luftwaffe fighters that were
Pilot: Major James Howard, USAAF
U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot, 1938-1941
Member of the American Volunteer Group, “The Flying Tigers,” 1941-1942
U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force, 1942-1949
Commander, 356th Fighter Squadron, 1944
“The One Man Air Force”
The only fighter pilot in the European Theater of Operations in World War II to receive the Medal of Honor. On January 11, 1944, over Oschersleben, Germany, Howard single-handedly flew his P-51 into a flight of thirty Luftwaffe fighters that were
attacking a formation of American B-17 Flying Fortress bombers. For more than a half-hour, Howard defended the 401st Bomb Group heavy bombers from the swarms of Luftwaffe fighters, repeatedly attacking the enemy airplanes, shooting down as many as six.
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10800x7200px 4.43 MB
Date Taken
Apr 23, 2016, 11:30:55 PM
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