This high quality replica is handcrafted from mahogany and comes with a wooden base. Col Anderson is a WW II Triple Ace fighter pilot and a veteran military experimental test pilot. During WW II he served two combat tours escorting heavy bomber over Europe in the P-51 Mustang, Nov 1943 through Jan 1945. He flew 116 combat missions (480 hrs) and destroyed 16 and � enemy aircraft in aerial combat and another one on the ground. He flew the P-51 Mustang "Old Crow" while assigned to the 375th Fighter Group "Yoxford Boys", 8th Air Force, Leiston Field, United Kingdom. The 357th Fighter Group was credited with shooting down 609 � enemy aircraft in only 15 months, a pace no other fighter group equaled. Bud was the leading Ace of the 363rd Fighter Squadron. Col Anderson was decorated 25 times. His awards include 2 legion of Merits, 5 Distinguished Flying Crosses, the bronze Star, 16 Air Medals, the French legion of Honor and the French Croix de Guerre, as well as many campaign and service ribbons.Dimensions: 16.25" L x 13.50" H x 19" Wingspan.
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