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Podcast: Your History Your Story
Episode: S5 Ep07 Bud Anderson: WW2 Triple Ace Fighter Pilot
Description: In this episode of Your History Your Story, we will be speaking with the last living US Triple Ace fighter pilot from World War 2, Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson.
Bud, who celebrated his 100th birthday on January 13, 2022, began his fascination with airplanes after hearing about Charles Lindbergh’s famous flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927. As a boy in rural California, Bud spent hours with a friend watching bi-planes take off and land at a local air strip.
Bud’s love of airplanes eventually led him to join the US Army Aviation Cadet Program on his 20th birthday...