Posted on Dec 10, 2022
100-Year-Old Flying Ace Is Promoted to Honorary Brigadier General by Air Force Chief
62
3
0
A 100-year-old World War II flying ace was promoted to the honorary rank of brigadier general by Gen. CQ Brown Jr., the Air Force chief of staff, on Friday during a ceremony in California.
Retired Col. Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson, an Army Air Forces veteran, flew 116 combat missions in the European theater and shot down 16 enemies in his P-51 Mustang named "Old Crow" with the 357th Fighter Group. He is the highest-scoring World War II flying ace and the only triple ace still alive today, according to the Air Force.
Retired Col. Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson, an Army Air Forces veteran, flew 116 combat missions in the European theater and shot down 16 enemies in his P-51 Mustang named "Old Crow" with the 357th Fighter Group. He is the highest-scoring World War II flying ace and the only triple ace still alive today, according to the Air Force.
100-Year-Old Flying Ace Is Promoted to Honorary Brigadier General by Air Force Chief
Posted from military.com
Aviation
Flying
WWII World War Two
Posted 2 y ago
This is a duplicate discussion and the contents have been merged with the original discussion. Click below to see more on this topic...
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google