Bud Anderson
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican World War II flying ace (1922-2024)
United StatesLived 1922 to 2024 · aged 102Fame50.5
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Clarence Emil "Bud" Anderson was an officer in the United States Air Force and a triple ace of World War II. During the war he was the highest scoring flying ace in his P-51 Mustang squadron.
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Anderson onboard his P-51D-10-NA Mustang 'Old Crow'
The top scoring fighter aces of the 357th Fighter Group. L-R; Richard Peterson, Leonard Carson, John England, and Clarence Anderson.
Anderson as a test pilot at Edwards AFB
Anderson (seated second from the right) in 2011
Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force Charles Q. Brown Jr. administers the reaffirmation of the oath of office to Anderson, after promoting him to the honorary rank of brigadier general (2022)
Anderson's funeral at Arlington National Cemetery (30 March 2026)
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Connected to Bud 6
Frank Maxwell AndrewsAlso won National Aviation Hall of Fame
Hoyt VandenbergAlso won National Aviation Hall of Fame
Eugene Burton ElyAlso won National Aviation Hall of Fame
George KenneyAlso won National Aviation Hall of Fame
Thomas Hinman MoorerAlso won National Aviation Hall of Fame
Thomas McGuireAlso won National Aviation Hall of FameAbout this person
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Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2024 · aged 102
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