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The P-51 Mustang Pilot that Killed a German in his ParachuteIn 1944, the skies over Europe were a deadly chessboard. Richard Peterson, part of the 357th Fighter Group, faced off against the Luftwaffe’s top pilots. Amid brutal air combat, Peterson made a ...
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The Iconic P-51D ‘Swamp Fox' Hits the MarketWill Foard, nicknamed Swamp Fox (C5-A) of the 364th Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, based at Leiston, ...
Fly with World War II's finest pilots: The 357th Fighter Group. Based on the actual missions of one of the top fighter groups of World War II, Heroes of the 357th combines historical accuracy with ...
This year marks not only the 80th anniversary of Johnson’s death, but the end of World War II. Germany surrendered to the ...
"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 ...
The Captain Fletcher E. Adams 357th Fighter Group Museum opened Oct. 8 at its new location at 18876 Alabama St., said former Ida Mayor Clyde H. "Smokie" Maddox, the museum's owner and curator.
He entered World War II as part of the 357th Fighter Group, the first unit in the U.S. Eighth Air Force to enter combat equipped with the North American P-51 Mustang. Over the course of the war ...
Upon completion of fighter pilot training, he was sent to England with the 357th Fighter Group. Then-Lt. Anderson would be trained to fly the P-39 Airacobra fighter, but the 357th would soon get a ...
Reaching the century mark in life would be accomplishment enough for most people — but apparently not for the last surviving American “triple ace” fighter pilot of World War II. Retired ...
Clarence ’Bud’ Anderson, a pilot of the 357th Fighter Group, with his P-51 Mustang in March 1944. [Courtesy: American Air Museum in Britain] The aviation world is a less colorful place today ...
The lineup for this year’s show includes a fleet of restored P-51 Mustang fighters from the 357th Fighter Group, a B-29 Superfortress, Lockheed CT-133 Silver Star, a KC-135R Stratotanker and a ...
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