{"id":12688,"date":"2019-05-06T01:30:09","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T01:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=12688"},"modified":"2019-05-06T01:34:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T01:34:39","slug":"p-51-reunion-highlights-eaa-airventure-oshkosh-2019-salute-to-world-war-ii-ace-bud-anderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/wisconsin\/p-51-reunion-highlights-eaa-airventure-oshkosh-2019-salute-to-world-war-ii-ace-bud-anderson\/%20","title":{"rendered":"P-51 Reunion Highlights EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019 Salute to World War II Ace Bud Anderson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20130802_192948edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12692\" width=\"289\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20130802_192948edit.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20130802_192948edit-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20130802_192948edit-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20130802_192948edit-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>World War II ace Clarence \u201cBud\u201d Anderson, a National\nAviation Hall of Fame member who was a triple ace during World War II, will be\nsaluted during warbirds activities at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019, which is\nJuly 22-28 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program will be highlighted by a reunion of North\nAmerican P-51 Mustangs, the aircraft flown by Anderson in his \u201cOld Crow\u201d\nmarkings during the war. EAA has invited all flying P-51 aircraft to Oshkosh\nfor the event, particularly for a salute to Anderson during the Thursday, July\n25, afternoon air show. Those flying demonstrations are part of AirVenture\u2019s\n\u201cPush to Victory\u201d theme for World War II anniversaries, which also encompasses\nthe 75th anniversary of the D-Day landing in Normandy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBud Anderson is well known and lauded for his courage and\nabilities as a flying ace from World War II, so EAA wants to bring together as\nmany P-51 Mustangs as possible to salute him,\u201d said Rick Larsen, EAA\u2019s vice\npresident of communities and member programs, who coordinates AirVenture\nfeatures and attractions. \u201cHis entire aviation career is also one for the\nrecord books, deserving of recognition at the World\u2019s Greatest Aviation\nCelebration and another \u2018Only at Oshkosh\u2019 moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P-51 Mustang owners interested in participating in this\nyear\u2019s activities can pre-register at the EAA.org\/MustangsForBud website. EAA\nAirVenture is the world\u2019s largest gathering of warbird aircraft \u2013 former\nmilitary aircraft now privately owned \u2013 with more than 300 aircraft participating\nin displays and flying activities each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anderson, who earned more than 25 awards during his military\ncareer, served with the renowned 357th Fighter Group based in England during\nWorld War II and totaled 16\u00c2\u00bc air victories. His unit was credited with more\nthan 600 air victories in 15 months \u2013 the highest pace of victories during the\nwar. Following the war, Anderson flew and led flight test programs in Ohio and\nCalifornia, and also led fighter squadrons during post-war Korea and in\nVietnam. He retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1972 and worked for more than a\ndecade in flight test operations for McDonnell Aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World War II ace Clarence \u201cBud\u201d Anderson, a National Aviation Hall of Fame member who was a triple ace during World War II, will be saluted during warbirds activities at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019, which is July 22-28 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The program will be highlighted by a reunion of North [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news","category-wisconsin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12688"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12694,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12688\/revisions\/12694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}