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In World War 2, the air battle was a complicated game. There were plenty of factors that helped determine its outcome: sufficient ammunition, superior horsepower, close teamwork, and sometimes just sheer luck.

On Tuesday, January 11, 1944, the U.S Air Force 401st Bomb Group was attacked by a mass of Luftwaffe fighters while on their way back from a strike on a German Me 110 manufacturing plant.

After emerging from the enemy fire, the pilots could not believe their eyes. They spotted a single P-51 Mustang chasing off nearly 30 marauding German airplanes for 30 minutes as they attempted to destroy the Allied bombers.

Everyone wondered who the mysterious P-51 Mustang pilot was. He had taken-on the German Luftwaffe by himself and saved the 401st Bomb Group from disaster.

Soon after analyzing the bomber group's battle footage, the world discovered the hero's identity. His name was James Howard, the only American P-51 Mustang fighter pilot in the World War 2 European Theater to be awarded the Medal of Honor. He was also the only U.S. pilot to ace both the European and the Pacific skies.

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