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Bud Anderson: To Fly and Fight

Home » Remembering WWII Triple Ace Clarence E “Bud” Anderson

Remembering WWII Triple Ace Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson 

13 Jan 2022 – 17 May 2024

 

 

WWII Hero, Triple Ace pilot Bud Anderson of Auburn, dies at 102. Gold Country Media

 

 

Fighter Pilot Bud Anderson, the last of the WWII Triple Aces, dies at 102. The Washington Post 

 

Remembrances of Triple Ace Bud Anderson – AVweb – Mark Phelps 

 

 

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WWII fighter pilot Col Bud Anderson with his family visits Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA, April 24, 2019. The ace pilot came to view his donated WWII flight jacket and helmet that is now on display in the museum. Curator Jeremy Kinney escorted Anderson and his guests on a tour of the WWII area and into the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hanger to view some of the aircraft and meet some of the of the conservation team and restoration team. (Smithsonian photo by Jim Preston)[20190424JP 0072]
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Bud Anderson, Last of World War II’s “Triple Ace” Pilots, Dies at 102 – The NY Times

Clarence “Bud” Anderson (1922–2024), last surviving WWII triple ace – Legacy.com 

CLARENCE ‘BUD’ ANDERSON, LAST WORLD WAR II TRIPLE ACE, DIES AT 102-Flight Test Museum Foundation

 

Anyone wishing to honor Bud’s memory, please contribute to his Aviation Scholarship Fund. Thank you!

 

Col Anderson is a WWII Triple Ace fighter pilot and a veteran military experimental test pilot.

During WWII he served two combat tours escorting heavy bomber over Europe in the P-51 Mustang, November 1943 through January 1945. He flew 116 combat mission (480 hrs) and destroyed 16 and 1/4 enemy aircraft in aerial combat and another one on the ground.

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