BUD ANDERSON - TRIPLE ACE OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR - EP.19 

IN THIS EPISODE WE WILL LEARN THE STORY OF BUD ANDERSON, TRIPLE ACE OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND MASTER OF THE P-51 MUSTANG, WHO DIED IN MAY 2024 AT THE AGE OF 102.
AIR VICTORY CREDITS
Date # Type Location Aircraft flown
8 March 1944 1 Messerschmitt Bf 109 Hanover, Germany P-51B
April 11, 1944 1 Heinkel He 111 Hanover, Germany P-51B
0.20 Bf 109
April 30, 1944 1 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Orleans, France P-51B
8 May 1944 1 Fw 190 Soltau, Germany P-51B
12 May 1944 1 Bf 109 Frankfurt, Germany P-51B
27 May 1944 2 Bf 109 Strasbourg, France P-51B
30 May 1944 1 Bf 109 Schönebeck, Germany P-51B
June 29, 1944 3 Fw 190 Leipzig - Germany P-51B
7 July 1944 1 Bf 109 Leipzig - Germany P-51B
27 Nov 1944 2 Fw 190 Magdeburg, Germany P-51D
5 Dec 1944 2 Fw 190 Berlin, Germany P-51D
AWARDS
2 Legion of Merit,
5 Distinguished Flying Crosses,
Bronze Star,
16 Air Medals,
French Legion of Honor,
Croix de Guerre Française.
CREDITS
To Fly and Fight, Memoirs of a Triple Ace
Anderson, Colonel Clarence "Bud" with Joseph P. Hamelin
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