Howard, James, ENS

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Ensign

Last Primary NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1948-1966, US Air Force (USAF)

Service Years
1937 - 1941

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Personal Details

Home Country

China

Year of Birth
1913

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Contact Info

Last Address Canton
Date of Passing Mar 18, 1995

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Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Author of Roar of the Tiger: From Flying Tigers to Mustangs, a Figther Ace's Memoir

Other Comments:

Awarded Medal of Honor while serving with the 9th Army Air Force in Europe.

Assigned to protect a bomber mission over Germany, Colonel Howard single-handedly engaged thirty German aircraft, shooting down three with several other probables either destroyed or damaged. Before it was over, three of his guns were out of action and he was dangerously low on fuel.

Howard was the only fighter pilot to be awarded the Medal of Honor in the European Theater of Operations.

1939-1941, VF-6 Tomcatters

From Month/Year - / 1939	To Month/Year - / 1941
Unit VF-6 Tomcatters Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant Junior Grade	NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	VF-6 Tomcatters Details
	Redesignated VF-3
	Type Aviation Fixed Wing
	Parent Unit Fixed Wing	Strength Navy Squadron
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Nov 13, 2008

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10 Members Also There at Same Time

VF-6 Tomcatters

Moorer, Thomas, ADM, (1933-1974)			Lieutenant
McClusky, Clarence Wade, RADM, (1926-1956)	OFF	00X	Lieutenant Commander
Gray, James Seton, CAPT, (1936-1966)	OFF		Lieutenant
Jackson, Andrew McBurney, VADM, (1930-1969)	OFF		Lieutenant
Allen, Eric, LTJG, (1934-1941)	OFF	131X	Lieutenant Junior Grade
Hebel, Francis Frederick, LTJG, (1938-1941)	OFF	00X	Lieutenant Junior Grade
Rich, Ralph McMaster, LTJG, (1939-1942)	OFF		Lieutenant Junior Grade
PERRY, John Francis, LCDR, (1939-1954)	OFF	630X	Ensign
Williams, Odell, CPO, (1936-1956)	MAT	MATT-0000	Mess Attendant First Class
Mehle, Roger William, RADM, (1937-1970)			Lieutenant