. >> after months of pilot training in the states, chuck ya yeager finally arrived in europe with the 347th fighter group. he took to the skies in a new plane, a p-51 mustang. >> with the mustang we had eight hours of endurance. we could go all over europe and poland and all the way to russia and back. >> while chuck yeager was logging missions over europe, john bolt was in heavy dogfights against the japanese in the south pacific. bolt finally hit that magic number, five kills on january 4th, 1944. >> when you made ace, was there any celebration of any kind? >> i certainly celebrated myself. it's a silly thing, but making ace is a big deal. >> march 4th, 1944, chuck yeager is on his seventh mission in the skies over germany. his p-51 mustang, nicknamed glamorous glenn. he suddenly looks down and spots a german me-109 flying alone. >> i pulled up in a big roll and came back and rolled under the 109. he never seen me. i just got up within 200 yards. he blows up. >> yeager had gotten his first kill. but the very next day in a wild dogfight over france, it's yeager who's on the losing en