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 ...

Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson arrived in the European Theater of World War II in 1943, an experienced pilot at a time when many of his contemporaries had around an hour of experience in the cockpit.

Brig. Gen. Clarence Emil “Bud” Anderson, credited with downing 16 enemy planes over Europe in World War II, died this past week at his home in Auburn, California. He was 102. “On 17 May 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 ...

Brig. Gen. Clarence “Bud” Anderson, the last American fighter pilot known as a “triple ace” for downing 16 German planes during World War II, died in his sleep May 17 at his home in Auburn ...

World War II fighter pilot Bud Anderson stands alongside a P-51C Mustang, Princess Elizabeth, at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, in Cambridgeshire.

Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson Jr., the last surviving triple ace pilot from World War II, died May 17. He was 102. Anderson died at his home in Auburn, California, The Washington Post reported ...

Clarence “Bud” Anderson, the last surviving triple ace pilot from World War II, died May 17. He was 102. The pilot shot down 16 planes by himself and assisted on another kill during World War II.

Bud Anderson, the last American fighter pilot known as a “triple ace” for downing 16 German planes during World War II, died May 17 at 102.