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    GOOD OL’ MUSTANG

    Apr 21, 2020 4 minutes
    —Bill Northup

    The pilot in that Bf 109 was good—very good. At one time early in this engagement, his 109 had almost been in a position to fire at Capt. C.E. “Bud” Anderson’s Old Crow. But his 109 was no match for the superior performance of the P-51 and its pilot.

    Even now, this high-altitude fight stands out sharply in Colonel Anderson’s mind as the most challenging encounter of all his official kills. It was May 27, 1944, and Captain. Anderson was leading a flight of four P-51 Mustangs of the 363rd Squadron, 357th Fighter Group; the Group’s CO was Col. Don Graham. At 30,000 feet, Anderson’s flight was one of many escorting a bomber stream to

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