One Man Airforce #shorts

To his complete horror his entire fighter group immediately dives for the Messerschmitts. He tries to order them back but in the confusion only 3 of his fighters abort the run while the rest head straight into combat. How could just 3 of them hold off the Germans? What happens next is an incredible feat of aviation skill by Howard. Brooks later said of Howard’s defense of the B-17s, "For sheer determination and guts, it was the greatest exhibition I've ever seen. It was a case of one lone American against what seemed to be the entire Luftwaffe. He was all over the wing, across and around it. They can't give that boy a big enough award."
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#shorts

[BruceyWoosey]

He wasn't outnumbered, he was just in a target rich environment.

[ericheaton]

The masculine urge to single-handedly defeat an overwhelming force by yourself

[GamerKahn]

When the enemy airforce is upon you, but Free Bird starts playing..

[-B_G-]

Those 30 fighters weren’t after him, he was after them. Amazing

[maninifarmer]

It appears that he was an Ace in the Pacific before being assigned in Europe.

[Redbikemaster]

"they've got us surrounded, the poor bastards"

[ozymandias]

Howard was a plain spoken man. When interviewed afterwards, he simply said, "I seen my duty and Done it". They broke the mold when they made men like him.

[JustSumGeek]

"The enemy has surrounded us sir"
"Excellent! We can attack in any direction"

[carolecarr]

He definitely deserved the MOH. What an incredible man, hero.

[Alice.Morningstar]

We have you outgunned 10-1

Him: Sounds like a fair fight, I like those odds

[parthjoshi]

This is when "Balls of Steel" came into existence.

[Chris]

When you're surrounded by enemy you can shoot in any direction...the Mustang was a phenomenal aircraft, mix that with a veteran pilot and it's a deadly tonic...

[Marcelb]

Dude woke up and decided to screw up entire squadrons of German fighters just for fun

[rafaellopez]

Si James Howard fue un "ace" con el Curtiss P40 en los Flying Tigers, con el P51 Mustang debió ser un paseo al parque, combatir con semejante maravilla ....

[xnavyro]

The Greatest Generation to which my father, an Okinawa Marine, was part! Rest in Peace Dad & Thank You for your sacrifice and service!!!

[voltsoftruthBSbuster]

I can only imagine the daunting realization he felt at that moment that he was going to die, and if that was going to be the case he would try to take out as many of them before hebis downed. There is a reason why they call them the greatest generation that's ever lived.

[autismwithavoice]

Never underestimate the power of a P51. Those things are just fine pieces of American engineering.

[alexfacer]

This is the very definition of a badass

[JJBblitzball]

The video is so good I didn't click on it because I thought it was a warthunder video but then I heard your voice and then I realized. And that's how good the graphics are

[archangel]

That's the great thing about being surrounded is that no matter which direction you shoot you're going to aim at them