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.

His first P-51 Mustang (P-51B-15-NA AAF Ser. No. 43-24823) and his second (P-51D-10-NA Mustang, AAF Ser. No. 44-14450 B6-S), both nicknamed Old Crow[12] (after the whiskey of the same name), carried him safely through 116 missions without being hit by fire from enemy aircraft and without Anderson ever having to turn back for any reason. [13]

P-51 Mustang ‘Old Crow’ 2 Restoration. Jack Roush’s next Mustang project is a P-51 with Malcolm hood. It was restored with Bud Anderson’s Old Crow paint scheme by Cal Pacific Airmotive Inc, Salinas, CA. These photos were taken on multiple visits by Bud and Merle Olmsted during the restoration.

Jan 25, 2024 · Captain Clarence E. Jr. “Bud” Anderson, ace of the 357th Fighter Group, sits on the wing of his P-51 Mustang (B6-S, serial number 44-14450) nicknamed “Old Crow” Learning the Ropes of War. Before Bud could make his mark in the war, he had to face the perils of flying.

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.

Ed and Connie Bowlin had painted one of their Mustangs in the colors our WWII 357th Fighter Group, so with a little arm twisting from the Bowlins they convinced Mickey to paint his Mustang in the colors of my wartime P-51 Old Crow.

Jun 9, 2019 · Painted as “Old Crow” to honor triple ace Bud Anderson, the plane won the Reserve Grand Champion WWII Warbird and Golden Wrench Awards at Oshkosh in 2008. Old Crow after her restoration. Roush also hired Cal Pacific to restore a former P-51 Reno racer as “Glamorous Glennis” to honor General Chuck Yeager.

‘Bud’ Anderson will forever be associated with the P-51 Mustangs he named Old Crow. But the first fighter to which ‘Bud’ had that moniker applied was a Bell P-39 Airacobra, and to mark his 100th birthday, a special salute was planned

July 3, 2019 - Jack Roush bought a P-51 Mustang in 1993 and spent 10 months refurbishing it as C.E. "Bud" Anderson's World War II Mustang Old Crow before selling it to Jim Hagedorn. Jack now owns a P-51B with a Malcolm hood, which he also …

Dec 12, 2022 · This page contains airplane profile artwork (Paint scheme) and research notes for P-51D-10NA Mustang, serial number 44-14450, flown by Bud Anderson as "Old Crow" and James Taylor as "Pretty Pix". By Anton Petrov (Planes in Profile)