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     • On the evening of the 14th he was shot down in combat with Me109’s and crashed at Stone, near Faversham in Hurricane P3804. He was severely injured, with burns to his arms, legs and face.
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   How old was General Anderson when he died?

   • General Anderson, who teamed with the renowned Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager in combat and later in the storied age of pioneering test pilots, was 102. His family, in a statement on General Anderson’s website, said he died in his sleep.

   Bud Anderson, Last of World War II’s ‘Triple Ace’ Pilots, Dies at 102

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   How did Richard Anderson die?

   • Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images Richard Anderson, the tall, handsome actor best known for costarring simultaneously in the popular 1970s television shows “The Six Million Dollar Man” and “The Bionic Woman,” has died at age 91. Anderson died of natural causes on Thursday, family spokesman Jonathan Taylor told The Associated Press.

   Richard Anderson dead: ‘Six Million Dollar Man’ actor dies at 91

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   When did General Anderson become a pilot?

   • General Anderson became a test pilot at what is now Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio in the late 1940s and early ’50s. After retiring from the Air Force in March 1972, he was chief of test-fight operations for the McDonnell Aircraft Company at Edwards Air Force Base in California’s high desert.

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   What did Bud Anderson do in WW2?

   • He single-handedly shot down 16 enemy planes in dogfights over Europe. After the war, he became one of America’s top test pilots during the “Right Stuff” era. Bud Anderson in March 1944. By the end of World War II, he had logged 116 missions totaling some 480 hours of combat without aborting a single foray.

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   How many aircraft did General Anderson fly?

   • In his 30 years of military service, General Anderson flew more than 130 types of aircraft, logging some 7,500 hours in the air. Piloting P-51 Mustang propeller fighters in World War II — he named them Old Crow, for his favorite brand of whiskey — he logged 116 missions totaling some 480 hours of combat without aborting a single foray.

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   Who was Bud Anderson?

   • General Anderson commanded a tactical fighter wing in the Vietnam War and flew 25 missions in an F-105 Thunderchief he named Old Crow II, bombing enemy supply routes along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Clarence Emil Anderson Jr., known as Bud since he was a boy, was born on Jan. 13, 1922, in Oakland, Calif., and grew up in Newcastle, near Sacramento.

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   Anderson died in his sleep at his home in Auburn, California, on May 17, 2024, at the age of 102. [37] [38]

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   May 18, 2024 · Brig. Gen. Bud Anderson, who single-handedly shot down 16 German planes over Europe in World War II and became America’s last living triple ace, a fighter pilot with 15 or more “kills,” died ...

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6. avgeekery.com › wwii-triple-ace-bud-anderson-has-diedWWII Triple-Ace Col Bud Anderson Has Passed Away - Avgeekery.com

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   May 18, 2024 · WWII triple-ace fighter pilot legend Col Bud Anderson (ret.) has passed away. He was 102 years young. “On 17 May 2024 at 5:29pm, Anderson passed away in his home peacefully in his sleep surround by his family,” said his family in a statement. “We were blessed to have him as our father.

7. www.stripes.com › veterans › obituariesFighter pilot Bud Anderson, the last of the WWII triple aces ...

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   May 19, 2024 · Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson Jr., a military pilot whose aerial derring-do spanned from World War II, when he personally shot down 16 German planes in dogfights over occupied Europe, to ...

8. www.flyingmag.com › news › remembering-the-late-wwiiRemembering the Late WWII Triple Ace Bud Anderson

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   May 24, 2024 · Anderson, a "triple ace" who shot down 16 enemy aircraft during World War II, died at his home in Auburn, California, on May 17. He was 102. Anderson's aviation career spanned 30 years.

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   Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Charles Brown presided over the ceremony and pinned the rank on Bud. On 17 May 2024 at 5:29pm, at the age of 102, WWII Triple Ace Brigadier General Clarence E “Bud” Anderson passed away in his home peacefully in his sleep surrounded by his family.

10. www.airandspaceforces.com › bud-anderson-wwiiBud Anderson, WWII Triple Ace and Air Force Test Pilot, Dies ...

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    May 20, 2024 · Brig. Gen. Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson, the last surviving triple ace from World War II, a noted Air Force test pilot, and a 30-year veteran of the service who also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War, died May 17 at the age of 102.