Very interesting, and thanks for posting. I'm surprised that I haven't heard of him; or else it was so long ago that I forgot. Quite the fighter pilot and an ace in both the European and Pacific theaters.
Quite the act of Bravery he needs to be remembered!
I built a model of "Ding Hao" when I was a kid, it was a P-51B, and I've always been a fan of the Mustang. Howard was one heckuva pilot.