Now James flew steeply to his fellow comrade to help take down the Zero fighter tailing him. The back of the enemy plane facing his front, the enemy knew James intention and flew to another side getting out of his firing range. Suddenly, he heard three pops and he quickly turn to his side and saw that he had been shot on the arm which had a burning and piercing sensation. Despite his wound he bravely radioed his fellow comrade in front to make a sharp turn to the left and as James tried to keep the enemy behind from shooting his engine by making spins, he took down the enemy fighter in front trying to turn left to follow in on his comrade that thought he was going to steer away. Immediately after that, James took a nose dive to in hope to shake of the tailing enemy fighter but to no avail. Just then, a fellow comrade of his came down from above unloading his armaments upon the enemy although it was not enough to destroy it he send it smoking towards the ground. Giving thanks through the radio James recovered to a higher altitude try to target the remainder enemy fighters.

Just as he was about to ambush the enemy in front above of him, his engine was shot by another Zero fighter. His engine bursted in flames, as he felt the intense heat against his face and the strong smell of burning fuel filled his lungs. He quickly jumped off the flaming Moon Tear which took allot of effort as the wind resistance was strong and pulled the cord as soon as he cleared the burning plane. What happened next was instantaneous as he was not trained how to use the parachute, the wind carried him near a rocky area where he hit the ground and tumbled and blacked out as he hit against a rock.

When he awoke, a few of his comrades were by his side possibly having been shot down as well. But he was glad that majority of them had survived including himself. His wound was later taken care of by the ground unit hospital.

After the war ended James was awarded the Medal of Honor for fighting off enemy attacks along side pilots of the American Air Force voluntarily and was commended on his bravery as a citizen of America. As for James, besides being a war hero he was just happy to be back with his family on his own land.