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Welcome to Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson's Website.

Bud is a WWII Triple Ace who flew the P-51 Mustang Old Crow, while assigned to the 357th Fighter Group "Yoxford Boys," 8th Air Force, Leiston Field, United Kingdom. The 357th Fighter Group was credited with shooting down 609 1/2 enemy aircraft in only 15 months, a pace no other fighter group equaled. The 357th, also produced 42 Aces (pilots with five or more victories in the air), more than any other group. Bud was the leading Ace of the 363rd Fighter Squadron with 16 1/4 victories. At 90, Bud is an active pilot, maintaining his Certified Flight Instructor Rating (CFI). In July 2008, Bud was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame! Bud's close friend Mr. Jack Roush has restored P-51 Mustangs, exactly as Bud flew them during WWII. His latest Mustang is Bud's P-51B Old Crow. His P-51D Old Crow is now owned and flown by Mr. Jim Hagedorn. A third P-51D restored as Old Crow is flown from Norway by Scandinavian Historic Flight. Bud has been featured on many special TV and Video Productions. Most recently the History Channel and the Military Channel. Video clips from these can be viewed in the YouTube Video Link below. Bud has worked with video game companies on flying games such as Electronic Arts Janes WWII Fighters. He is an active speaker and air show participant.  Browse this site, learn about aviation history, the brave men Bud flew and worked with and order your autographed copy of Bud's amazing book "To Fly and Fight". Autographed photos are also available and can be personalized upon request. Please view our Old Crow Collection; Aviation Art Prints and other special items for sale. A special "Thank you" to Master Aerial Photographers John Dibbs, Paul Bowen and Earl Smith, also to Michael O'Leary, Merle Olmsted, Curtis Fowles of MustangsMustangs and the many others who have contributed to the outstanding photographs and support for our web site. View the P-51B restoration work by Art Teeters here.   Bud's Online Store  Favorite P-51 Mustang Videos

 Bud's upcoming events for 2012

Flight Testing

Lastest 357th FG Photos

Tribute to members of the 357th FG lost in Combat

Rock and a Hard Place by Gareth Hector

Depicts famous Mustang ace Bud Anderson in a life and death stalemate with a Bf-109 while directly in the path of an oncoming B-17 stream. Read this (p109) and other stories in Bud's book, "To Fly and Fight."

Thanks to Effie Nidam from CNN for doing this great story on Bud!

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If you go to www.youtube.com and search for Showdown Air Combat, you can watch four videos from the Military Channel with Bud Anderson

 

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Picture from Alicia Walby

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Experience Air to Air Combat in WWII 

(Read the first chapter of Bud's book, "To Fly and Fight.")

C.E. "Bud" Anderson

"Operation Devil's Fire is one of those what if novels. I found it interesting and easy to read. Readers will be intrigued by what night have happened in WW II." Bud Anderson
 

In Memoriam - Two Fallen Heroes

 The Old Crow Collection

AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOS - SIGNED BY BUD ANDERSON 

"Time To Go To Work" by Dan Zoernig

The P-51 Mustangs of the 357th Fighter Group were normally cared for by a Crew Chief, Assistant Crew Chief and Armorer. This illustration honors all Crew Chiefs, Specialists and Support personnel. They worked relentlessly in the open, day or night, in all kinds of weather with great dedication in a trade equally as important as a pilot's ability. Without them there would be no flying. There were no eight-hour days as suggested by the flashlight carried by the chief on the right, for Britain's strict black-out precluded any other kind of lighting during the many nights of work preparing the Mustangs for the next days mission. Each of Bud Anderson's Old Crows had long combat lives in the 363rd Squadron. Never once in 116 combat missions did either ship abort or return early due to mechanical problems. Such a record is attributed to a pilot who did not abuse his aircraft and to the dedicated care of it's ground crew: T/Sgt Otto Heino, S/Sgt Melvin Schueneman, and S/Sgt Leon Zimmerman. S/Sgt Schueneman became a casualty of the war when he perished  in an AT-6 crash in January 1945 when returning from some field maintenance work in France.

If you are interested in this print or other prints by Dan Zoernig, visit his web site at: www.danzoernig.com

A View from the Flight Line

A Personal Memoir by Crew Chief  Merle Olmsted with Willard Bierly and Joseph Deshay

Questions or Comments... Contact Jim Anderson-- jimswa@juno.com