# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-h-howard
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:12:55.272Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-h-howard"
name: "James H. Howard"
slug: "james-h-howard"
description: "James Howell Howard (April 8, 1913 – March 18, 1995) was a general in the United States Air Force and one of just two fighter pilots in the European Theater of Operations in World War II to receive the Medal of Honor—the United States military's highest decoration. Howard was an ace in two operational theaters during World War II, with six kills over Asia with the Flying Tigers of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) in the Pacific, and six kills over Europe with the United States Army Air Forces. CBS commentator Andy Rooney, then a wartime reporter for Stars and Stripes, called Howard's exploits \"the greatest fighter pilot story of World War II\". In later life, Howard was a successful businessman, author, and airport director."
tagline: "American fighter pilot in World War II"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Col_James_H_Howard.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1913-04-13"
deathDate: "1995-03-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.53
  momentum:             7.054263129764552
  historical:           5.534742666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "James H. Howard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمس إتش هوارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%86_%DB%81%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%88"
    title: "جیمز ایچ ہاورڈ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Howard"
    title: "James H. Howard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Ховард, Джеймс Хауэлл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6135188"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump