Yeager Anderson P51 Mustang Mission WWII

Bud Anderson is a WWII P51 Mustang Ace. He describes his last mission with his wingman, Chuck Yeager in January 1945 during WWII. The airplane represnts Bud's "Old Crow" paint scheme and is owned by Jack Rousch. The clip is from EAA Oshkosh July 2006

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• 2006
• Anderson
• Combat
• EAA
• Mustang
• Oshkosh
• P51
• WWII
• Yeager

[mooneypilotn201tm]

Thanks for the comments, FWDORA9. I have "To fly and Fight" autographed, and with a picture of me and Bud at Oshkosh. The "Greatest Geneeration" earned their name.

[mooneypilotn201tm]

I've never seen a P-51 painted with the shark mouth and eyes. That paint scheme was the signature of the American Volunteer Group under General Chennault in China in 1942, prior to the US entry to WWII. Despite the shark mouth & eyes they were called "Flying Tigers". Read about them in the book "God is My CoPilot" by Col Robert Scott, WWII Ace. Later in the war, some P-40s in N. Africa were painted with the sharks' mouth. They were Painted tan to blend with the sand but the sun turned them pink.

[fbenenati]

Page 99 in Images of Aviation, The P-51 Mustang has pic of shark mouthed mustang of the 167th Fighter Squadron of the West Virginia ANG until 1957.

[mooneypilotn201tm]

@fbenenati Maybe, but I can't find one from WWII.

[Wingdoss]

Why on earth is ANYONE walking past this guy? He's a vet and they're getting thin on the ground. I'm meeting him in two days and I'm going to relish every second and every recollection. Thanks for posting this.

[mycoolmon]

Those guys seemed to have a great time back then! Love all the stories...thanks for sharing!

[cydonianman]

i'd give anything to spend one day with these guys and hear their stories.

[TheJediCharles]

@Wingdoss

There was a time you didn't know who he was either. Many folks don't know him. Most don't. Even less every year, sadly. It's a shame.

You wanna know the good news? You can help fix it, one ear at a time. Nudge the guy in the next cubicle at work tomorrow and ask, "Ever heard of Col. Bud Anderson?"

[fbenenati]

@mooneypilotn201tm You probably won't find any from WW II for the Mustang. I believe that this shark mouthed appearance on a Mustang is unique to the "post WW II" years, in the ANG.

[mooneypilotn201tm]

@debzeppeliniv I went to OCS at Aberdeen, but way before your time. Commissioned on Nov 2 1967. I was a weapons system analyst at the Pentagon with duty in Germany & Korea, but never VN.

For our senior party, as President of our class, I went to the nursing school at John's Hopkins to find "dates". The nice lady in charge made me send resumes, but we got about 15 "dates". My date, "the Princess" came down from NYC.

[debzeppeliniv]

@glock21csv I grew up in Baltimore Maryland, not far from Aberdean proving grounds, as kids we were fortunate to watch the test pilots antics every day in those new jets, one of those pilots was Chuck Yeager, a wonderful childhood and what a show we got !

[MajSolo]

I love this guy. It is about how he talks that says how he thinks. Buy his book and you get more of this ...

[vomit49894]

Awesome!

[Heathen66]

The name 'Bud Anderson' is merely a synonym for the word 'hero'. His humility is just the exclamation point after that very rare title...

[glock21csv]

I love that's aeroplane well do u know that ford Mustang was in honor of the pilots that died in action and they take the airoplane and design the car thanks for share ur history greetings from El Salvador God Bless You