The One Man Air Force #shorts

It’s January 11th 1944 and Major James H Howard is in his P-51B. He’s become separated from his squadron after downing an ME110 and now a lone fighter escorting B-17s from the 401st Bomber Group. He takes the incredible decision to engage more than 30 Luftwaffe planes... alone. #shorts

[Yarnhub]

Hi Everyone, we didn't get a video out last week so did this short to keep you all going until Friday when our next video is out.

[akumashikikan]

The literal definition of

"WE'RE SURROUNDED. WE CANT POSSIBLY MISS NOW!"

[rinconusmc]

“They have us surrounded!”

“Ha! Poor bastards!”

[jakeharry]

Props to his plane for being able to hold the weight of this man’s balls of steel

[stirgy]

"never mind the maneuvers, just go straight at them" -Lord Nelson

[sovietdoggo]

"it seems like he was fighting the entire luftwaffe"

it was 1944, that was the entire luftwaffe

[USSR.T-A]

"If the plane is shooting at you, it's the American."
"If the plane taking photographs, it's the british."
"If the plane is on fire, it's the Russian."
"If you see no plane at all, That's the Luftwaffe."

[ghostcreeper]

Fun fact: Howard is the only US fighter pilot in WW2 Europe to receive the Medal of Honor

[lavatun]

HIGHER! THE KING OF THE SKY! HE'S FLYING TOO FAST AND HE'S FLYING TOO HIGH! HIGHER! AN EYE FOR EYE! THE LEGEND WILL NEVER DIE!

[agniteyt]

"JAMES WHAT KIND OF ESCORT IS THIS?"

"I AM THE ESCORT"

[captin-crane]

“The line between brave and madness is a often thin one.”

[unnecessarilyepic]

James! There's over 30 of them!
James: good, then I won't have to aim!

[tatefreeman]

"Pilot you're outnumbered 30 to 1!"
"Then it is an even fight"

[nolongerusing]

One Man Airforce
Ace Combat protagonists:
"Hey, I've seen this one before!"

[andriidesu]

Fuck, i love these stories. It’s hard to believe that truly courageous and totally badass people like this exist.

[HollywoodMarine]

Yarnhub needs to release a longer story of General James H. Howard. Beginning with his career as a naval aviator aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6) in 1939, leaving to join the American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers), returning Stateside and joining the Army Air Force.

[SugeKnightMista]

*Goosebumps...*

That's a man who had fully accepted his fate and (with asshole clenched) faced it head on.

[jobMatthias]

It feels too easy to earn the Medal of Honor in many stories but imagine the skill, determination, and hard ass balls u need to make to save a group, squad or ur self from a feeling of infinite enemies.

[grider]

Balls to the walls, he had no choice, he new what he had to do. Bravest bloke in pilot history. I love this shit.

[canthi]

Me-110: You cant defeat me!
B17s: I know, but he can
Major James H Howard: *Enter the chat*