Video from the Past [34] - Bud Anderson - American Ace

[@kylegellner8687]

Bud Anderson is one of the nicest, most humble people you could ever meet . It was a pleasure to have met him!

[@jyellowhammer]

Agreed!

[@johnlafleur9251]

Happy birthday to Bud Anderson who is 100 years young today! What are the odds that three friends like Bud Anderson, Chuck Yeager and Bob Hoover would survive being World War II fighter pilots, then test pilots and all live to be in their 90s or more! They don't make them like that anymore. True American Heroes!

[@MrPotatochips4]

My dad was in the AAF; he had a similar philosophy about how WWII was won. He came to my graduation from USMCRD San Diego 1974. Best friend I ever had.

[@kengutwein9370]

Just celebrated his 100th birthday. Long may he live! His recollection of his iconic dogfight with the Me 109 pilot is the most awesome combat story I’ve ever heard!

[@mustangmikep51]

make that 101 now mate....amazing longevity! for a guy who went thru so many "life or death" situations in his life...air combat in WW2 , dangerous test pilot duty after the War, Vietnam service, etc. 1 in a million!

[@jacksonlytal3302]

Bud is a friend, and a real gentleman, and an American Hero. Humble, with a subtle sense of humor, we in Auburn, Ca are honored to have him as a resident.

[@terrencemccoy8219]

My oldest sister was born in Sacramento (1952) & I at the former Oak Knolls Naval Hospital, within Oakland city limits ( Christmas 1956), I had read a little about him, as an aviation/ history buff & occasionally scale aircraft modeller over the last 50 years. I wondered if the character nickname for 'Father Knows Best' on both radio & TV was named for him ?

[@bobwilson758]

A great pilot - he knew he was one of many in his generation ! Thank god for all these men !

[@millicentsquirrelhole582]

Chuck Yeager said this guy, Bud Anderson, was the best pilot he had ever flown with...high praise indeed.

[@MarkSmith-js2pu]

moses strathern yeas, I saw that just today, they had 20/10 eyesight. Heros.

[@behindthen0thing]

They also hooked up

[@laurencethornblade1195]

Carl Bellinger

[@ktrn2b]

I'm a relative an Chuck told us Bob Hoover was the best stick n rudder man he'd ever seen. Maybe Bud was a better fighter pilot idk

[@mustangmikep51]

@@ktrn2b exactly correct

[@avoidingtrees560]

Thank you sir for your service and sacrifices. As a Frenchman, I owe you my deepest humble respect and above all , my freedom. Cheers America

[@u.p.woodtick3296]

We Americans owe our freedom to France helping us win ours 🇺🇸

[@avoidingtrees560]

@@u.p.woodtick3296 Thanks sir, But I think the scale of your efforts were way higher than ours. Genuinely Happy new year to you .....

[@gperk4723]

Dang, I could sit and listen to this feller all day tell stories. REAL STORIES FROM A REAL LIFE HERO. THX MR BUD FOR YOUR SERVICE.

[@goognamgoognw6637]

From a generation that lived real lives and speaks with words of meaning, just dead honest. When you see the millenials now, that's when you realize older people were a much superior generation.

[@gperk4723]

@@goognamgoognw6637 And that's a fact comrade. It's sad the way kids are these days. I think the school teachers these days are a big cause of it. One cause..

[@goognamgoognw6637]

@@gperk4723 True but mostly it is the fraudulent elite which is a fake elite running the country : bankers who print bank notes for themselves at the Fed then buy the media into a monopoly and teach degenerate and commie values to children. Their motivation is simple they don't want the white majority, all family centered and decent people with moral values to kick them out of running the country and parasiting the system. It's pre-war time again except the US is now like Russia before being overthrowed by the bolcheviks or Germany suffering from the bankers all non german owned, things you are censored for saying here.

[@cessna195]

Bud is an American hero for all time. I have met him on numerous occasions and he is humble and gracious at all times. We should all pledge to live our lives as this man did, with an incredible sense of duty, courage and compassion for others, except, of course, our enemies!

[@grantsmythe8625]

Yes, humility is a great characteristic of Bud Anderson. It's what distinguishes him from Robin Olds or Chuck Yeager.

[@mustangmikep51]

@@grantsmythe8625 Bob hoover was also 1 of best ...if not THE best stick + rudder pilot who ever lived!

[@GorillaCookies]

Growing up and living here in Nor Cal I have been lucky enough to have met and had a conversation's with Both Col. Bud Anderson and Gen.Chuck Yeager. Gen. Yeager was actually my neighbor for several years in the 90s and 2000s so I had seen and spoke with him multiple times. With the last time being in Oroville Ca. @ Tong Fong Lo . Col. Anderson and Gen. Yeager are both true legends

[@sirbader1]

Auburn airport has a statue of him.

[@Jacmac1]

"I'm calling you ugly! I could stick yo face in some dough and make some...." I first read about Bud Anderson in a book called Great American Fighter Pilots of World War II (now $847 on Amazon). I sort of fell in love with the era as an 11 year old kid because of reading about pilots like Bud Anderson.

[@reaality3860]

Bud got all his WW2 dogfight victories as a 22-year-old kid. He went up against many enemy pilots more experienced and with more air-to-air victories without ever receiving damage from them to his P-51 Mustang. He completed his second tour in Dec. 1944 with 16 and a quarter confirmed kills.

[@NoTaboos]

Wow; you can use google.

[@tonykeith76]

In 1944 there were not too much german expert pilots... As bud says, they always dived to escape fight..

[@mustangmikep51]

@@tonykeith76 I met 1 expert German pilot in 1990 at the OSH KOSH EAA flyin....who wouldn't dive to avoid a dogfight...Gunther Rall....275 kills! really nice guy too...its a shame his leader was a madman

[@paulmk2290]

Even though it was a life or death event, his recollection of every turn and manoeuvre is astonishing, making this probably the most vivid account of a dogfight I have ever heard.

[@AerobaticsPilot]

When Chuck Yeager says he’s one of the Best Pilots he’s ever seen and flown with. Means a lot. This man is HERO.

[@MrPotatochips4]

thumbs up for your channel name

[@Jeff_Seely]

God love Bud Anderson, Yeager, and these incredible men. All guided by their fulfillment of duty. Anyone could learn a thing or two from them.

[@marknorris1911]

God bless you Mr. Anderson for fighting for freedom so my generation and all future generations can live in this awesome country. I was born in 1963.

[@austinfehr9447]

I first heard about him in a Chuck yeager's book, which i acquired at the age of 9. I remember being so impressed I named my pilot in my first flight simulator bud anderson; until this video popped up it never occurred to me to google him. Im so excited to see one of my childhood heros, and ecstatic to see he is still alive and well at 98!

[@derekcoaker6579]

If you haven't already, pick up and read a copy of Bud's Book. Fantastic Stories.

[@michaelalanpowell]

What a legend. These are the people we should look up to, not the moronic celebrities that are worshipped today. Real ,honorable, heroes.

[@dariusthepersian8281]

False dichotomy. There were moronic celebrities back then, and real heroes today. And there were excellent celebrities then and now.

[@tlt3921]

@@dariusthepersian8281 celebrities then...Jimmy Stewart...look up his war record to get an idea of then...celebrities today....look up their prison record...that is the "dichotomy" of then vsz today. IMHO

[@dariusthepersian8281]

@@tlt3921 I'm well aware of Jimmy Stewart's war record. But his genuine heroism does not somehow mean that all celebrities of his era were heroes. Consider Errol Flynn or Frank Sinatra, for example. You ask me to look up the prison records of today's celebrities. Well, some of them have prison records, some don't - much like in Jimmy Stewart's day - Robert Mitchum, for example.

[@ernielara1553]

Moronic leaders and politicians included!

[@cyclingnerddelux698]

Wonderful story. Thank you for posting.

[@ronlemons5316]

Thanks for this video. Aviation is in my genetics. " Airplane " was the first word in spoke as an infant. My father got me a ride in his friend's Piper J-3 when I was 9 years old. The pilot let me have the stick when we were at altitude. Of course I couldn't reach the rudder peddles. When we landed the pilot friend told my father that if he believed in reincarnation he would swear that I was a pilot in a previous life. He said I was a natural pilot.

[@robertgblues5863]

A true hero, Thank you sir for your service! Enjoyed your book many times!

[@keithc.5764]

Excellent !!!!! loved to hear his story. THANK YOU SIR!!!

[@cyfacrider2008]

Amazing. So glad this was recorded and preserved.

[@charlesmann4162]

Q q

[@JC-pu1ej]

"I thought he was the greatest then, I still think he is the greatest now..." Captain Bill Overstreet, 357th Fighter Group, 363rd Fighter Squadron.

[@toast2610]

What makes them great is how many of the enemy they killed.. whether civilians bombed during raids.. or soldiers starved to death after wars end in camps like the ones at Rhine meadows after stripping them of POW status. Taking away from a country's people all they got and all they were ever going to have, just puts me in awe of this generation and the ones continuing in this path till today.

[@donf3877]

@@toast2610 But of course ALL the people in the countries they were fighting, including Germany, were absolutely 100% humane. The U.S. and England did NOT start WW2... they only finish what Germany and Italy and Japan started. Germany wasn't worried about hurting civilians while bombing English cities and towns and villages during the blitz at the start of their war against England. So sorry they got worse than they gave. Well... not really. And, considering the axis governments, the world was a much better place because they lost. So sorry if your "feelings" are hurt by the truth. Well... not really.

[@toast2610]

@@donf3877 Britain and France declared war on Germany. So how's the "they started it" going to fly. While you're telling yourselves the world is only getting better as time goes on (under your care), the truth is far from it. It has been getting more tyrannical every century. And somebody in the end is going to ask.. who made this all possible.. who helped it along every time? Well your "greatest generation" and those who went forth in this spirit of slavery in the name of freedom before and after it, that made it all come about. That day your sophistry will no longer work like it used to.

[@goldleader6074]

@@toast2610 Britain and France declared war against Germany only after Germany invaded Poland. And Germany was dumb enough to declare war on the US when there was still a possibility that the US was only going to war against Japan after Pearl Harbor.

[@toast2610]

@@goldleader6074 Note the double standard. When Britain, France, the US, or Russia invade countries, it is considered interference and frowned upon for other countries to declare war on them because of it. Most of these Empires obtained military power on the profits from the Atlantic slave trade and similar activities. No Nurnburg style trails were ever held though. But when Germany enter Poland to secure millions of ethnic Germans mistreated and stuck there because the victors of WWI redrew the borders after WWI as vengeance. It is always the worst of us humans who feel the most entitled to be everyone's police, yet these Empires are held up as "gold standards". All built on might make right. Might write children's history books. Might preside over Nurnburg trails. But as the Bible states, come judgment day, God will not open man's books. He will open his own book.

[@danacolburn1539]

Thank you sir for serving and your hard work to get there let freedom ring on

[@garynew9637]

This man's memory is amazing

[@badweetabix]

It would be pretty hard to forget what he went through. Most people live quite boring lives that they need to forget to survive.

[@1glopz]

with all due respect when someone is trying to kill you for five or six minutes at a time you tend not to easily forget the event

[@pattyhaley9594]

Met Andy once at the Society of Experimental Test Pilots symposium in San Diego. Nice guy,

[@bestoutcomes]

Chuck Yeager considered Bud the best pilot. Said he was low key on the ground but aggressive as hell and highly skilled as a pilot. Quite the statement from a legend such as Yeager.

[@garyharper2992]

Exciting to hear and watch him describe the combat.

[@yellowhammer4747]

One of my all time Hero's! Anderson, Yeager, Hoover, Robin Olds, Robin Risener, "Boots" Bleese', and others.

[@winkerdude]

Good list. I've seen most of them at air shows. Hoover was most impressive.

[@yellowhammer4747]

winkerdude Yes sir, Hoover is so talented he can see air.

[@arkansaswookie]

I met Bob hoover in 1977 in Oshkosh Wisconsin at the massive E.A.A fly in when I was 11, and saw his yellow Rockwell P-51 D, and Bob was sitting with a few other former WW2 pilots, in their lawn chairs under the wing of his plane. Super nice guy. He let me sit in the cockpit and check it out. Long story short: He offered to take me up because he had a jump seat in it and he wanted to tear around the countryside, but my dad said No, we don't want to impose. I was crushed.

[@GorillaCookies]

Charles Ira Bong was something of a fighter pilot as well. The highest scoring American Ace of WWII and he ended up killing himself doing a loop to close to the ground while showing off.

[@kevinschreur146]

@@GorillaCookies You mean Richard Bong? Died testing an F80 shooting star when the fuel pump malfunctioned on take off.

[@winkerdude]

God blessed this man. He realized his dream.

[@paulbachman7822]

America's greatest generation. Gods speed to you Sir.

[@ChitFromChinola]

The greatest generation is always yet to come . . .

[@sirbader1]

@@ChitFromChinola I agree with you on that one. The use of that term is a total boomer psyop. They couldn't compare, so their parents became the greatest, then they fucked us young folk.

[@jamesconner3437]

Enemies come and go and some even become allies. I can see here that Bud Anderson considered that in these later years of his. At least he can look back and say he had a purpose. My Vietnam days....not so much. Respect to the guys who fought he last war worth fighting.

[@donf3877]

Amen. I consider every soldier, sailor, airman, and marine killed since WW2 to have died in vane. Korea and Vietnam and on and on. If the government isn't willing to go all in, to give the military every possible tool, to provide ten times the troops needed to get the job done... then they should keep them the hell HOME. After all these years, they just can't seem to understand that you CANNOT win a "limited" war. Establishing a beachhead or base, then trying to defend it with both hands tied behind your back and one leg cut off is insane. To me, Trump got it. He wanted us out of Syria, but the democrats in Congress wouldn't have it. He was pulling troops out of Germany because they were signing a deal with the devil. NATO is supposed to be there to defend against Russia... and Germany signs a deal to get 70% of their gas and oil from them. What the hell??? Plus, he put his foot down with NATO and demanded they pay their full weight. Most stepped up but Germany wasn't, and still isn't, paying a quarter of what they are supposed to. And Biden, he shuts down the construction of a pipeline here in the States, and OK's the one between Russia and Germany. I was happy to be in the Air Force when Reagan was president. I knew he supported us. Obama and Biden... if I was in then or now I'd get the hell out.............

[@snapmalloy5556]

@@donf3877 4.5 million Kuwaiti citizens would disagree with your first thoughts.

[@mustangmikep51]

well said

[@mustangmikep51]

@@donf3877 agree with you...100%

[@anthonywilson4873]

What great guy and tells it as it was. War won by those who make the lest mistakes. Bob did not make many, he pursued his dream relentless and learned all he could every time he could. A lesson for any youngster.

[@garretvaughn7936]

What a truly humble and wonderful man! Had a chance to talk with Bud and have him autograph my shirt (which hangs in a place of honor in our house) at the Warhawk Air Museum's Warbird Roundup last year. He will be back at the Roundup again (Aug 24 & 25, 2019), so if you are in the Boise, ID area, make sure you come to the Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa and meet Bud in person! Such a fantastic man with some wonderful stories to tell!

[@goognamgoognw6637]

Wonderful information.

[@sirbader1]

Sacramento City College still runs that aeronautic program.

[@chuckfowler8042]

True respect and sincere thanks from a retired pilot.

[@michaeldavis1609]

Bud looks like he's told these stories a thousand times before✌️

[@mustangmikep51]

he HAS! lol

[@michaeldavis1609]

Yeager said on the ground he was the nicest man u could meet in the air he turned into frankenstein

[@nigeh5326]

A gentleman and true Ace

[@ChuckOwl]

Nigel Hodgetts Aye, very humble.

[@BeagJohn]

In "Yeager" Chuck Yeager describes Bud Anderson as "the only pilot who ever whipped his ass in a dog fight."

[@matrox]

Not only was he a great fighter pilot but he was also a great actor who played himself as Bud Anderson in the 1950s TV show "Father Knows Best."

[@garynew9637]

Remember that show.

[@randyhodder8186]

Fantastic interview

[@anthonywilson4873]

Certainly playing for keeps!

[@davidearl2038]

Great old boy! Thanks for uploading. I have his signed photo on my office wall.

[@gperk4723]

You lucky scoundrel! Autograph from a real life HERO!

[@michaeldavis1609]

Goring said when he saw the mustangs over Berlin he new the war was lost

[@brunomanso9428]

Happy Birthday, Bud!

[@behindthen0thing]

Thanks

[@woodychadick5905]

Did you ever notice all these WWII aces came crom. Rural setting the y under stood machinery and were good with a gun. It fits. A hotrod with 50s

[@thetreblerebel]

American hero for the fact that he stood up for our country in a dark time. A fighter pilot legend too

[@matrox]

He and Chuck Yeager are still living.

[@catherinenelson4162]

He and Chuck Yeager didn't live very far apart in retirement. Chuck lived about 30 miles from where this pilot grew up.

[@helimenaslabarca9799]

Gen Yeager is now on the eternal flight.

[@mustangmikep51]

@@helimenaslabarca9799 considering he should have died 20 or 30 times over the years...he got pretty good mileage out of his body!

[@eamo106]

Basis of the dogfights episode,,,,Brave and skillful pilot Clarence B Anderson.

[@falconeaterf15]

British Ace Johnny Johnson, in his amazing book Wing Leader, described the feeling of seeing enemy fighters in the sky as similar to suddenly losing traction in your car on the highway, and sliding toward the ditch. Interesting to hear Bud Anderson use the same description. The unimaginable stress of fighting for your life almost everyday, for years. Salute.

[@BigWheelHawaii]

What a Nation Treasure,,, Right With Yeager,,, Hoover,,, Bong,,, And So Down To Earth,,, Not Afraid To Tell It,,, Like It Is,,,,

[@stevesingley3776]

It’s unbelievable. I look at the kids today and I just wonder what if. I grew up in the seventies and eighties and I was never convinced my peers could handle this kind of pressure at such a young age. But now? Who knows. They’re really good at video games lol. Mentally I’m not sure. What a class act and a stud.

[@tomarmstrong1281]

Wow. and If I am not mistaken the FAA pulled his ticket for performing manouveres for which the aircraft was not cleared.

[@juanmanuelpenafielbeltran1897]

A real fighter pilot.

[@cordierjean8885]

UN AS COMME ON EN FAIT PLUS. TOP L ANCIEN !!!

[@prreith]

The actual gun camera footage from his 4 on 4 encounter, including the accomplished adversary at the end, is also posted here on youtube: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4i5qXVrgqeXj6c

[@bmwelch320]

I've seen and read several accounts from Bud Anderson describing the dogfight from May 27th 1944 in which he shot down the ME 109. He described that particular aircraft as nothing which stood out from any other typical ME 109G they encountered in combat over Europe (no special paint job or markings of an Ace). Does anyone out there know who that Luftwaffe pilot may have been ... or what JG Fighter Gruppen from???? To me, it's very intriguing that a lone Luftwaffe pilot would take on a superior number of enemy aircraft - nonetheless Mustangs at high altitude - unless that pilot was a real Experten and old hand! In all probability - just one of those clashes lost to history that we'll likely never completely know????

[@sirbader1]

I can find out, I have extensive Luftwaffe records.

[@bmwelch320]

@@sirbader1 Thank you for the reply concerning Bud Anderson's combat of May 27th, 1944. As I originally wrote .. I've always been incredibly intrigued and curious through the years to the identity of the Luftwaffe pilot Bud bested in what her called "the toughest dogfight and combat" he ever experienced. Also too, I often wondered if the Bf 109 he faced was a standard G6 model with/or without the under-wing cannons?? Perhaps maybe a G2 or G4 still employed at that time as a high altitude fighter?? Or possibly even an early version of the higher performance G6 AS model?? All in all - very intriguing stuff .. and any additional details always highly sought after.

[@hoatattis7283]

bmwelch320: When Hartmann came across in 45 he shot down 4 some say 5 P51 over Eastern Europe on the way. The US handed him over to the Russians

[@susanjones2701]

Wow! The best!

[@cqbhoun]

fascinating stuff

[@ChuckOwl]

CQBHoun Indeed! I'm glad some of you folks find these "videos from the past" interesting.

[@SniperMod90]

Oh I'm watching every single one :).

[@cyclemichael5332]

#BadAss Greatest Generation, indeed!

[@easttexan2933]

A 1000 B-17's and a 1000 Mustangs at 30,000' passing overhead??? No Col. Anderson, I cannot imagine what that looked like but I know it must have been glorious !!

[@MarkSmith-js2pu]

Maximuspadus and all those contrails did not cause climate change, and all the oil spilt in the ocean sinkings did not ruin the oceans, in fact that huge oil rig leak in the gulf a decade ago did not ruin the ocean.

[@easttexan2933]

Mark Smith, why are you lecturing me about contrails and spilled oil in the oceans? I never mentioned anything about that? I simply said seeing 2000+ aircraft overhead must have been glorious. ???

[@MarkSmith-js2pu]

Maximuspadus sorry, misplaced the post

[@easttexan2933]

Mark, NP. Just so you know. I agree with your comment completely.

[@tompatton3017]

I probably represent 10,000 of these views. What a bedtime story.

[@grannyblinda]

What a noble, humble, real - gentleman. We have what we have today in the USA because of men like this...we owe them a great deal. Democrats & socialists don't deserve these men and their sacrifice.

[@bluetopguitar1104]

FDR. Democrat. Trump. RAT. You got me? Many different people came together to beat the Axis. From all races and philosophies. Try not to sully them please.

[@65sneaky]

@@bluetopguitar1104 I am a Scottish man, so i care not for anything but what these amazing humans achieved for the freedom we all take for granted today. Awful times but they were real unlike the theft both our governments propagate today

[@ChitFromChinola]

Oh shut up, goofball. Bud fought for everyone.

[@sirbader1]

@@skydiver1013 Correct, if anyone is ever honest about it.

[@MarkSmith-js2pu]

Linda Brown Amen Sister

[@badweetabix]

His description of how the US bomber commanders wanted the fighters to escort them within sight and not range outward to prevent the enemy from closing with the bomber is almost word for word the same order the Luftwaffe General Goring gave to the German fighter pilots during the Battle of Britain. Seems no one in the US learned anything from that.

[@hoatattis7283]

badweeta bix: I think Arnold did

[@raykay1229]

awesome

[@cincinnatibob37]

Chuck Yeager testifies Bud is The Best

[@Cleatus46]

Referring to Bud's photo, were pilots required to wear ties during missions?

[@matrox]

Chuck Yeager said the P51 flew like sh!t on a full tank of gas. He said it flew great after you burned off some of the fuel load.

[@mustangmikep51]

he was referring to the 85 gal. auxillary fuselage gastank behind the pilot which had to be burned off 1st before using the other fuel tanks...it would throw off the C.G. of the aircraft ...it would swap ends on you if you got in a serious dogfight with it still full!

[@daveware4117]

Chuck yeager said bud anderson was the best fighter pilot he had ever met. Quite a complement from a guy like that

[@CoondawgPD]

American Hero

[@nevyntanis2665]

Nice.

[@jettsetter7]

A triple ace

[@justw8nillbgr824]

My grandpa destroyed more than 50 German airplanes in WW2.., bombers, fighters like ME 109, FW 190 and a few ME 262.., single handedly destroyed them.. .. he was the worst mechanic in the Luftwaffe.

[@oceanhome2023]

LOL Gonna steal it !

[@L2fish]

Not to mention the Germans already had many hours of combat flying

[@gordonmcinnes5055]

Later on the german pilots had either been fighting since the early war without a break or were new and green. The fuel shortages limited training and in a lot of cases they could only perform basic flying before being pitched into combat.

[@seaglider844]

It was even worse than Bud had assumed when it came to 8th Air Force bombing strategy. The leadership were convinced that the B17 could fight to the target and back during the day and were so committed that they didn't want the P47 for an escort. The P47's were capable of making it deep into enemy territory and back but they didn't supply the external tanks to allow it. The idea that they had to wait for the P51 was dreamed up as an excuse so that they didn't have to explain why all those crews were sacrificed (because of dogged adherence to a bad strategy). kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZvIh2atqrJ_aNU Greg provides a detailed account of this in his excellent video.

[@davidsandell7833]

Sounds like he was the inventor of the yoyo.

[@mustangmikep51]

I met Bud many times over the years...he always came across as a bit of a shy and low key kind of a guy ..but with a big ego strange paradox..but I suppose all fighter pilots have a big ego...Yeager had the biggest ego of the all!

[@scottkremer8660]

When was this recorded?

[@nash0089]

Awesome video, but does anyone else get the vibe that he is extremely bored and doesn't want to talk? Lol

[@1glopz]

fifty year being asked the same questions what do you think ??

[@jyellowhammer]

I think he is doing an outstanding job. If he was bored he wouldn’t be as detailed with his descriptions!

[@ottohonkala6861]

Didn't Bud barrel-roll a 707 ? - I'm pretty sure it was him......pretty cool

[@williamolsenii1229]

Don't know about Anderson, but Boeing test pilot Tex Johnson barrel rolled the Dash 80, prototype of the 707, over the boat races near Seattle in 1955.

[@ottohonkala6861]

@@williamolsenii1229 yes - Tex Johnson was the one I was thinking of!!!

[@leifcarpenter5141]

A stnd up guy....

[@carbidegrd1]

The British were not 'hand building' Merlin's. The US did not have a better version. Sorry Bud, you're wrong about that.

[@georgewest4255]

I believe he is referring to the fact that the British version of the Merlin was a stall build versus an assembly line. The Packard version to which he refers was an assembly line build. There is a reason English mechanics were called Fitters.

[@hoatattis7283]

carbidegrd: Quite Correct, while Bud was getting his 16.25 some RAF aces were getting their 30. Flying the old Merlin I think a lot of USAAF pilots were told the Packard was better otherwise they may have wanted the more powerful Merlins . Gee the 130 Variants were getting 2050 hp from 27 litres

[@donf3877]

The Packard-built and English-built Merlin's were the same engine. Yes, Packard built two engines during WW2, the Merlin and the Packard V-12. The "Packard" V-12 was a WW1 aircraft engine that was still used in WW2, but mostly only in PT boats after the change-over to Merlin's in the Mustang. They started the war at around 1,200 horsepower, but by the end were producing well over 2,000 in their PT boat trim. It would have been interesting to have a match-up at the end of the war between them, the last Merlin's and the last Packard V-12's. The difference in the Merlin's was in production. That, and parts for the Packard Merlin were more interchangeable due to being built for and with the assembly line. The English version not so much. That and, using the assembly line, Packard could build 20-30 for 1 built in England. The Rolls Royce engineers and production works actually came to Packard to find out how to produce them faster and with better part interchangeability. The hand "massaging" of parts to fit is what slowed the process in England and limited part interchangeability. Packard proved tolerances didn't need to be that tight to produce the power and keep the reliability. I feel what Bill meant was he was more at ease with a Packard built engine up front. But regardless... the more engines, the more planes, the more enemy shot down. Simple math... well OLD math that is back when 2+2 still equaled 4.

[@toast2610]

What gets me excited is getting all them tons of bombs dropped on targets that had absolutely no military value, especially if you know the women and children can't do a god damn thing about it, and all your own folks back in the states had nothing to worry about. Makes me feel like a true American hero.

[@teller1290]

He didn't even address that subject. Btw, why did you come to this site? To make up some bullshit and disrespect this man?

[@toast2610]

@@teller1290 He talks about massive 1000 bomber raids escorted by 1000 fighters flying day after day after day. The Germans could at best counter with 100, 200, or 400 fighters in formation. And you think the purpose of the whole exercise is irrelevant? Say for example, if a rapist were to talk about knives, how he made them, maintained them, and even killed (or defended himself against) a man once on a farm somewhere, would you think it BS and disrespectful if someone were the bring up the subject of the women involved? BTW, everyone makes mistakes, especially when young and naive, but men own up to what they did when older. Nowhere is this clearly evident in this video. The hero worshiping must make it very difficult for him.

[@teller1290]

@@toast2610 dumbest response I've ever read. You may have heard of WWII? Lots of people died. It was a global disaster brought on involving massive homicidal maniacs. Germany HID their industrial sites so we couldn't bomb them. Guess where Albert Speer hid them? Yep...in, around and under cities. You might find it surprising that, in order to prevent THEIR OWN PEOPLE from being killed, burned, maimed, that they didn't put a big sign on top of buildings saying which one had the tank engines, which one had the ball bearing machine, which one made gun sights for fighter planes, which one made millions of rounds of 88mm, etc. But they didn't do that. So, we could just keep getting killed by those implements (and the oil that made it all possible) or we could try to destroy it. This wasn't a sporting event. Germany and Japan didn't play fair or not use the advantage when they had it. And we're supposed to apologize because tyrants bit off more than they could chew and forced the issue in a way that got untold numbers of their own people killed. Mistake? Ridiculous. Japan and Germany started it by, as has been said for eons, "loosing the dogs of war."

[@toast2610]

@@teller1290 Say there were no military industrial targets in, around or under the cities as you allege, would you still defend the bombing actions? I suspect you would. If so, what would they be?

[@teller1290]

@@toast2610 NO. And I believe Dresden was a war crime. It was ordered by FDR because butcher Stalin had requested it, allegedly due to Dresden somehow being a problem for Red Army's advance. FDR, being a wanna-be dictator anyway, was happy to oblige. Dresden was largely an isolated event, and even there I wouldn't expect then 20-yr old, bomber personnel (or fighter escort personnel), under written, plausibly legal orders to issue a bunch of guilt-ridden apologies 75 yrs later. How does a B-24 pilot KNOW that target is a war crime? How does he KNOW enemy not routing forces in and thru that city due to Red Army or another reason born by desperation that people 3-stars or higher had decided it had to be destroyed? So, "absolutely no military value" a pretty high hurdle to prove. Dresden about as close as you could get, given unwritten, unstated agreement to leave alone.

[@ernielara1553]

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[@ashleymarie7452]

Wow. What a great man. Compare him to the cowardly Donald Trump. No comparison.

[@mustangmikep51]

you mean the cowardly, lying ,low life Joe Biden don't you?

[@jetpilot3714]

@@mustangmikep51 Right On!

[@ronwilsontringue6574]

To bad he (and other yanks) couldn't take flying lessons from the much superior Germans pilots