How Bud Anderson Became an Ace - Old Crow Pt. 2

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This is part 2 of the story of America's last living triple ace - Clarence "Bud" Anderson, and his P-51 Mustang "Old Crow". This documentary follows his stories as he battles Hitler's Luftwaffe in World War II and goes up against Germany's Messerschmitt and Focke-Wulf fighters as part of the 8th Air Force. This was made using the World War II flight simulator War Thunder. Hope you enjoy! Please like, comment, and subscribe. #WW2 #WWIIHistory #WarThunder
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Historical notes: You may notice some of the other P-51s in this video are played by A-36s. This is due to a limitation with my flight simulator. Also, for the same reason, the Malcom hood is not present in this recreation. Also, Santiago Gutierrez was the only wingman Bud lost on a combat mission, but he did lose one other in training. Other than that, this one should be pretty spot on! Thanks everyone!

[@higear223]

Thanks for clearing that up. I thought they were P-51A models. It was kinda bothering me.

[@JUNKERS488]

This is why you are way above all the rest. You pay attention to All the details. Please Keep 'em Coming.

[@SpicyMcLovin]

Warthunder is hardly a simulator

[@jacobs.9797]

That story of the wounded B17 crash landing at the airfield is absolutely astonishing. That was an absolutely badass and inspiring move by Bud.

[@dunbar555]

I met mister Anderson once is France, alongside Chuck Yeager. What a day.

[@davidpatterson3117]

That must have been so cool

[@JAlucard77]

Im pretty sure Ive said this before, but I can't praise you enough for the work you do. Almost DAILY we are losing our WW2 veterans. That fact that you're going out there actively seeking these men out in order to tell their stories and preserve it through your videos is an amazing way to honor this American HEROES. Please keep up the OUTSTANDING work your doing.😊😊😊😊

[@Desertduleler_88]

Thanks for their help what was done to Europe, they’re old enough to escape the final destruction of the western world.

[@ouiroc]

These warriors must not be forgotten and their sacrifices keep on kicking ass

[@roberthenderson5067]

😅

[@tomeickhorst6787]

I love listening to Buds reaccounts I watch every video I can on this man

[@JBowman-ps2ri]

Been a great series! Bud was a True American Hero!

[@TJ3]

Agreed!

[@LancelotChan]

It's so terrible to keep seeing friends died along the way of the war. :(

[@TJ3]

Absolutely.

[@quintessentialtravel1966]

I met Bud Anderson at the Reno Air Races two years ago. I bought one of his signed posters and got to shake his hand. It was a great day for me to meet such a legend!

[@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling]

Brilliant recounting of true heroes. Thank you.

[@TJ3]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@BillyJ244]

Thank you for this amazing lesson in history! I was born in 1964. I had two uncles that were WW2 vets. Unfortunately they are no longer here. When I was growing up there were a lot of WWII vets. It is sad that they are all dying off. This video keeps history alive. Thank you!!

[@jimc6687]

Excellent production including graphics, research, narration and especially participation with that great American WW II hero Bud Anderson, TJ!! Jim C.

[@TJ3]

Thanks Jim!

[@danculver2388]

Awesome video of the war Hero Bud Anderson. He is one of the few mustang pilots who are still living. I have watched all of his videos many times.I fly radio control planes and I have a mustang just like his in his honor. I can't wait for the next video. 😊

[@quintessentialtravel1966]

Unfortunately, he just passed, age 102.

[@jeremyweaver7689]

I saw him featured in Dogfights what a story, I never met him but I saw him at an airshow in Nampa where they showed his story.

[@magnetass]

43-6723 (in the video) wasn't lost with Carter Jones, it was Al Boyle on Feb 21, 1944. Anderson had 43-12315 until March 22, when it went down with Jones. Never seen a picture of 43-12315 at all. Might or might not have had OLD CROW on it. 6723 had OLD CROW and the mission marks in yellow...

[@sergioleone3583]

Thank you so much for these fantastic documentary/histories. What a great tribute to the men who flew these important missions, defending against tyranny. This series on Bud Anderson has been especially top notch and compelling. Great to see the great man himself providing his own voice and memories. Looking forward to part 3!

[@TJ3]

Thanks!

[@bobnorman5936]

Love the guy, so glad to see the unveiling of his statue

[@cocobunitacobuni8738]

Nooo! I hate cliff hangers. Amazing video, I literally got goosebumps at the saving of the B17.

[@TJ3]

Yes what a cool story!

[@bruceday6799]

I am quite proud of my 3 short conversations with now Brig. Gen. Bud Anderson. What a delight to see him grin and drink my beer. He preferred the C model to the D as it was lighter and faster. Fewer guns didn't matter if you could shoot straight according to him.

[@brealistic3542]

The Germans were forced to heavily arm the Me-109s with extra large cannon to take down the B17s. This made these 109s far less maneuverable then they normally would be. In fact the Germans made up "light 109s" with much less heavy guns and separate " Heavy 109s" squadrons to try to correct this. The inky trouble was often because of superior allied number if aircraft the Heavy 109s ended up fighting the lighter more manauverable American Mustangs and P47 anyway.

[@A-1-E11]

YAY!!!

[@SierraThunder]

My bad, I thought that I heard 1945 instead of 1944 when I made my initial comment about the crippled B-17F model, the B-17G models didn't begin to have a real presence until May or June of 1944, so I apologize to TJ, and anyone else who read my previous, erroneous comment, that I've now deleted. TJ has been doing a fantastic job of both researching & telling these WWII air combat stories that I'm sure that we all hope to keep seeing in the future. I haven't been able to afford to play any of IL-2's newer, mainly online simulations due to financial hardships, but I still play all of the older versions that allow me to play against the sim itself, along with several other older, favorite WWII combat air sims like SDOE & EAW. I even managed to rebuild an older computer & slowly upgrading all of the hardware, along with a friend donating his time, computer skills & parts in refurbishing my motherboard & installing a blistering new CPU setup, along with greatly enhanced memory, which allows me to play in full realism mode constantly. As soon as the money is available for me to do it, I plan on donating money to help advance TJ's efforts in giving us all of the excellent videos that he makes!!

[@JohnSmith-mv4qz]

I’ve read all these guys books Your show really brings it to life Thankyou

[@jstenberg3192]

Was with Bud in October, along with WW2 Navy ace Les Grey. Both 102. Les just passed away, sadly.

[@mgweible8162]

Tj posts a video, and I enjoy the video. It's a good system

[@JSFGuy]

The video is still playing, you haven't watched it yet.

[@TJ3]

Thanks :)

[@jovanlopez1660]

You are a Great story teller, and a Good Historian 🤓👍

[@jawsxx8683]

I met him. He is a wonderful man.

[@Querencias7]

T E R R I F I C quality on these videos, TJ3. Excellent editing, graphics and/or interviews. Exemplary, nice job indeed, i.e., major kudos! Solid, 5 Star satisfaction for veterans, pilots and aviation aficionados as well. PS: Forgive me for not being able to subscribe at this time. No excuses (especially to support your valuable work and tributes), 'but' battling myself with ocular and liver cancer.

[@mikehanxleden8902]

The best Air combat documentaries since Dogfights! Keep up the Great 👍 work. Keeping History alive!!

[@TJ3]

Thank you!

[@thedayofthetanks]

Fantastic job TJ3! My favourite parts are the Gun Cam Footage - Great job on those! Cant wait for part 3 😁

[@TJ3]

Thanks!

[@thedayofthetanks]

@@TJ3 No problem 👍 Keep up the good work!

[@thedayofthetanks]

@@TJ3 **FANTASTIC* Work

[@rolandoscar1696]

The story of the way he attracted the attention of the tower crew to see the crippled bomber left a lump in my throat.

[@MGB-learning]

Outstanding video and presentation.

[@RANDALLBRIGGS]

The yellow band around the rear fuselage of German airplanes (3:57) was a marking for the Eastern Front. So it would not have been on any of the airplanes that Bud Anderson fought.

[@petersainez7314]

RIP Bud soar with the eagle's!!

[@arniewilliamson1767]

I remember my uncle a Spitfire pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force telling me that late in the day on D Day his squadron group repositioned to the Normandy beach. On D Day+ 1 of 26 German aircraft shot down in the Normandy area 24 of them were shot down by his group. Apparently the Spitfire Mk XIV with the Rolls Royce Griffin engine was a nightmare for the Germans.

[@kencook4956]

I actually own a signed copy of Bud's book. I was surprised you didn't include Bud's most interesting dogfight where Bud had a German on his tail, but went straight vertical to get the German to stall right before he could get his guns on Bud.

[@michaelmeier5893]

Another amazing video. Can’t wait for part 3.

[@briansiler7462]

Why does Bud always get the glory? Leonard K. "Kit" Carson was the highest scoring ace of the 357th. His book "Pursue & Destroy" is the ultimate reference on design, development, deployment and tactics of the P-51 Mustang.Good luck finding one.

[@bryanturner683]

I think maybe it was Bec cause of his life story after the war?

[@ouiroc]

Thank you for saving history and bring it to? Life

[@artawhirler]

Another excellent video! Thanks!

[@TJ3]

Thanks!

[@joedaviss9448]

Excellent video sir. Please keep up the great work!!!!

[@TJ3]

Thanks!

[@BunyipToldMe]

Let's not ignore the superb English ace pilots such as Ronnie Agdgwongo, Augustus Kwimbe and Abdul Rachman Aziz, etc. Without them England would be speaking German today.

[@Custer0706]

Speculative and rather melodramatic statement. Regards from Germany.

[@Desertduleler_88]

But the reality is you’ll be speaking African, Arabic and Hindi very soon lol!!!!

[@BunyipToldMe]

@@Desertduleler_88 So you're able to get the joke then?

[@Desertduleler_88]

@@BunyipToldMe Of course, 😆

[@Custer0706]

@@Desertduleler_88 It‘ll be tough going for us to catch up with your island‘s head start on Hindi 🤭

[@JennaCee]

Another wonderful video and thank you.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

I’d love to hear that 111 crew’s story. “Zis American, he flies over and I went to pull out my Luger. I would have gotten him but I was running too fast”.

[@vinnygee173]

bro i play war thunder myself and hearing the sound effects of iron being hit by bullets just brings me ptsd

[@PathfinderHistoryTravel]

Great content. Thanks.

[@thepolicyguy]

Thanks!

[@TJ3]

Thank you!!

[@brealistic3542]

There was also the fact the Germans were often forced to send up older Me109s without methonal water injection for emergency escape power. The German ace Erich Hartman complained about this in his bio.

[@bryanturner683]

Only an issue if your getting your ass wooped!

[@charlesking5539]

I think the b &c models of the mustang were the looking

[@jayjay-gl4fj]

good video

[@johncox2865]

12:33 THE Bill Overstreet? Who chased a German fighter under the Eiffel Tower?

[@FlyingCircusPeanut]

Looks like bud Anderson's got a good sun tan going on there😅

[@moonshineofthemoon8054]

Christmas arrived early?

[@derekburt2184]

Sir I’d love nothing more then to become a member but I am a poor man with a family. My hand to the bible, when my fortunes change I’ll be on that list with bells on. I love the work you and your team do please don’t ever give up.

[@TJ3]

That's okay :) thanks for watching!

[@willgibson9718]

Hey tj can you please make a video about damn yankee b17?

[@KyleCowden]

Wow.

[@pawealbrzykowski9251]

Gen. Andrson died 2 weeks ago at 102. RiP.

[@JSFGuy]

Comments disappear?

[@jdawg1712]

What music was used in this video?

[@willgibson9718]

Any videos today tj? 🎥📀

[@TJ3]

Tuesday :)

[@pips1891]

i can´t find the part 3

[@pawealbrzykowski9251]

❤ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@S1su]

Next vid: First ace on a Mustang (I mean the horse breed not the plane😅)

[@Joseph-Colin-EXP]

All that to lead up to d-day. Wow

[@TJ3]

Yep.

[@M1903a4]

Do you have any reference for the execution of Lt. Joseph F. Pierce. Everything I see in the 357th sites on line just says KIA. It would be extremely unusual for the Germans to execute an American POW pilot, they even sent troops out specifically to catch them before the they could be murdered by enraged civilians.

[@TJ3]

It was from Bud's book! I do believe it may not have been an execution, but perhaps he was fighting alongside the French based on what I recall.

[@patsmith8523]

Towards the end of the war, the Germans were so desperate to kill Allied Bombers, they used their own bombers. One tactic they tried was to bomb the bombers. They were literally trying to drop bombs from higher altitudes on Allied Bomber formations. If I remember right, the Germans adapted some JU88's as night fighters.

[@Desertduleler_88]

Don’t blame them as their civilian population was getting murdered by terror bombing.

[@patsmith8523]

@@Desertduleler_88 You might want to check your history. The Germans were no less guilty of doing the same thing.

[@Desertduleler_88]

@@patsmith8523 Not on the same scale, remember it was Churchill that initiated the bombing of civilians as mentioned in his speeches.

[@bryanturner683]

@@Desertduleler_88 I know what youre saying, all that bombing interfered with throwing jews in the ovens.

[@TylerX553]

Why would a pilot just bail out if they know they haven’t been shot at and or they know they have the capability to dive away, doesn’t make sense why that german pilot did that right after shooting Down that p-47 thunderbolt, killing its pilot, and seeing a p 51 on his tail?

[@JAlucard77]

Come on this is a video about Bud Anderson and his exploits. Nobody's leaving the others out just cause his highlighting Bud Anderson 😂😂

[@derekpierkowski7641]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@robm4834]

Countless hours of research. Then who was the bomber crew he cleared runway for???? Did they survive?? Survive the war???.

[@TJ3]

Unfortunately the only information here is in Buds book, which provides no date at all. So I'm afraid it would be nearly impossible to find. Don't even know what airfield!

[@robm4834]

@@TJ3 shame I thought there was a date . Surely his or the squadron flight records /after action reports would if not pinpoint date , should narrow time frame considerably. Secondly , we know it was a coastal airfield , large enough to be a b17 base. Again narrowing field of search. As such there should be bomber or flight group's records but the tower/base records of activities. Getting your base buzzed by a friendly fighter pilot playing chicken with another B17 CANNOT have been a regular occurrence!!!. In my humble opinion. Alas time fades and erodes history and details. Honestly though apart from picquing my interest today, I applaud the channel, the research the graphics the narration and history . Thoroughly enjoy it tyvm

[@TJ3]

@@robm4834 it's certainly a good research project for someone!

[@robm4834]

@@TJ3 be an interesting anecdote to bud's story and the B17 crew and to history and its participants. Afyer all its their names and their stories and details being forgotten and lost. As such the information should be searched for like gold and treasured more than all riches. Then disseminated to be kept alive.

[@kochj0713]

The Germans Must of had had some inexperienced pilots or so many mustangs that tuey overwhelmed them because the me 109 can outturn mustangs and raid the shit out of them, especially at low altitude

[@wiiliamnoel5250]

p51 a

[@zappyful]

sim battles lol

[@krukpolny8505]

Mustang P-51D III FX 878 Siwek Kazimierz Polish Pilot 315 Oficer RAF Brenzentt Kent UK. Google. //. Kill 3 German FW Focke Wulf 190 in 1 Flying and Destroyed 5 German V1.

[@bryanturner683]

Good for him!!!!!!!!!!!