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100th Birthday Celebration for WWII Triple Ace Bud Anderson

On 15 Jan 22, a Celebration was held at the Auburn Municipal Airport, CA, for Bud Anderson’s 100th birthday. His actual birthday was on 13 January 2022. The event was hosted by the Dwelle Family in their hanger. Approximately 200 people were in attendance. World Champion Aerobatic pilot Sean Tucker was the Master of Ceremonies and many aviation greats were in attendance. Dennis Sanders performed a short fly by in one of his Sea Furies, as well as TJ Dwelle in a T-6 and Julie Clark in her T-34. Entertainment was provided by vocalist Theresa Eaman. Colors were presented by the Hiram Johnson High School AF Junior ROTC Color Guard. Audio/Visual arrangements were taken care of by Jeff Kuells and a host of volunteers worked hard to make this event a success. A sincere thank you to Tom Jones, Director of the Aerospace Museum of California, Chris Haven, Kelly Collin and John Carr! Catering was provided by Connie Horning from Wings Grill and Expresso Bar, Bud’s favorite restaurant. Wine was provided by Stewart and Stephanie Perry of Fawnridge Winery. P-51B Old Crow was provided by owner Jack Roush and his pilot Paul Draper. P-51D Old Crow was provided by owner James Hagedorn flown by Ray Fowler. The following video was developed by Scott and Kyle Guyette of Sleeping Dogs Productions and was the heart of the celebration. “It will make you laugh, it will make you cry….hallmarks of a good film.” ~Jim Anderson 

  

To see more exciting Bud Anderson Programs (over 50) and other dynamic, network quality aviation content please visit Air2AirTV! Bud highly recommends it! 

Photo Gallery of 100th Birthday Celebration

100-5 P-51 pilot Paul Draper
100-6 P-51B Old Crow owned by Jack Roush
100-7a P-51 pilot Ray Fowler
100-19 Getting the audio/visual set up for the celebration.
100-1 Construction of 9 ft X 16 ft Screen
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100-3 Thank you Jeff Kuells for a fantastic job on the audio/visual setup and presentation.
100-4 Jerry Severson with his replica P-51D Old Crow
100-20 Tom Dwelle's beautiful Sea Fury
100-8 Moving the Sea Fury to make room for the Crows
100-9 Moving the Crows into place.
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100-12 P-51D Old Crow owned by Jim Hagedorn
100-14 Hanger getting set up for the celebration
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j-1 Making Progress on set up for the celebration
j-2 1914 Ford Model T signed by Bud
j-3 NASCAR Great Jack Roush with his P-51B
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j-6 3 generations of Andersons. Son Jim , Grandson John and Bud
j-7 Tom Dwelle Hanger
j-9 Dwelle Sea Fury
j-11 Bud being interviewed by Mark Allen ABC Channel 10 News
j-17 Master of Ceremonies, Sean Tucker with Bud
honor-guard-1 Hiram Johnson High School AF Junior ROTC Honor Guard
j-12 Jack Roush and Bud
Tom-Jones Aerospace Museum of California Director Tom Jones with Bud.
20220115_155521-scaled Bud with Artist and Sculptor Doug Van Howd, who crafted Bud's statue at the Auburn Municipal Airport near Wings.
larry-borchart-rotated QB Keyman Larry Borchart and Bud
20220115_163833-scaled Bud with family members who could attend. Back Row daughter Kitty Burlington and family, front row son Jim and oldest son John.
food-crew-1 Wings Cafe Food Crew
05 Ron and Diane Fagen of Fagen Fighter Museum with Bud.
j-14 Bud and lifelong friend US Navy Ace Dizz Laird. Bud and Diz graduated from high school together in 1939.
j-13 Celebration underway
100-13 Beautiful P-51D Old Crow
j-10 Bud with great friends, Kat and CJ
j-18 100th birthday cake
k-4 Kelly with Super Fan Caden
to-33 Tom Dwelle watching the activities!
k-10 Kelly's Old Crow Truck
j-16 Sea Fury from above
clay-and-Si-scaled Bud with great friends Clay Lacy and Si Robin
j-19 Happy Birthday Bud!

The following photos presented with permission from Aviation Photographer Tim O’Brien! Thanks Tim! 

to-53 Dwelle Hanger
to-54 Tom Dwelle's beautiful Sea Fury
to-58 P-51B Old Crow
to-57 Dwelle Hanger
to-55 Birthday Celebration
to-2 Hanger set up
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to-26 Bud Closing Remarks
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to-28 Sean Tucker, Bud's daughter Kitty Burlington, Bud and son Jim Anderson
to-43 Jack Roush and Bud
to-44 Bud with Aviation Legend and friend Clay Lacy
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to-42 Bud with Christina Olds
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to-30 Dennis Sanders Sea Fury fly by
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to-34 Julie Clark T-34
to-35 Julie departing
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to-46 TJ Dwelle in T-6
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to-4 Pair of Crows
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to-6 Paul Draper prepares to depart in P-51B Old Crow
to-11 Crows taxiing out
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to-14 Ray Fowler departing in P-51D Old Crow
to-1 P-51D departing
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Happy Birthday, Bud! Auburn Journal Article