21ST CENTURY TOYS 1:18 SCALE

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Clarence "Bud" Anderson is a WWII Triple Ace who flew the P-51 Mustang "Old Crow" while assigned to the 357th FG "Yoxford Boys", 8th Air force Leiston Field, UK. The 357th FG was credited with shooting down 609 1/2 enemy aircraft in only 15 months, a pace no other fighter group equalled. The 357th also produced 42 Aces, more than any other group. Bud was the leading Ace of the 363rd FS with 16 1/4 victories. At 84, Bud is an active pilot, maintaining his Certified Flight Instructor Rating (CFI) and still flies a P-51, restored exactly as his "Old Crow" at air shows and other events. The North American P-51 was an American long-range single-seat fighter aircraft that entered service with Allied air forces in the middle years of WWII and became on of the conflict's most successful and recognizable aircraft. The P-51 flew most of its wartime missions as a bomber escort in raids over Germany, and helped ensure Allied air superiority after 1944. It also saw service against Japanese air forces in the Pacific War. The Mustang began the Korean War as the United Nations' mainfighter, but was supplanted by jets by the conflict's end. Nevertheless, it remained in service with some air forces until the early 1980's.

Info:      P-51 Mustang Clarence "Bud" Anderson's "Old Crow"