Old Crow

[tc2324]

F-86 Sabre s/n 12910 `Old Crow`

Clarence Emil "Bud" Anderson was born on January 13, 1922  in Oakland, California, and reared on a farm near Newcastle, California. In January 1942, he enlisted in the United States Army as an aviation cadet and received his wings and commission as a second lieutenant in September 1942.

Rising to the rank of captain, in June 1944 he was assigned to the 363rd Fighter Squadron of the 357th Fighter Group, based at RAF Leiston, England. Flying P-51D-10-NA Mustang, s/n 44-14450 B6-S, nicknamed Old Crow[1] (after the whiskey of the same name), he flew 66 missions and was credited with 11¼ aerial victories. In December 1947 the 363rd Fighter Squadron was the first US fighter unit to transition to the F-86 Sabre jet fighter and commence operations over occupied Europe. It`s main task was to hunt and engage German jet fighter like the Me 262.( During the latter stages of the conflict however, Sabre`s were also fitted with bombs and took on a fighter-bomber role).

From 1947 to 1954, while flying F-86 Sabre s/n 12910, Anderson added a further 22 victories to his tally during a further 246 missions and was the group's second leading ace with 33¼ by wars end.

He returned to the United States in February 1955 as a Colonel.

[jorel62]

Very cool.....

[MichelC]

I read Anderson's autobiography a few years ago and loved it. Plenty of anecdotes, lots of them involving Chuck Yeager with whom he served during WW II. He says he never managed to tell his parents the inspiration for the 'Old Crow' nickname. LOL

Great model of the Saber!!  

M

[TallEng]

Nice
Now I know what to do with all those Mustang decals I've collected over the years

Regards
Keith

[PR19_Kit]

That's execllent, and captures the ethos of his P-51 very well. 

Which scale and kit is it please?

[Army of One]

Cracking build there.......really like that.......

[Hman]

I like the simple idea, cool

[comrade harps]

Nicely grunged. 

[Father Ennis]

Way Kool !!!

[Geoff]

Cracking build there.......really like that.......

Sums it up well.

[tc2324]

Thank you all for the comments chaps. 

That's execllent, and captures the ethos of his P-51 very well. 

Which scale and kit is it please?

Kit, it`s the Academy 1/48 offering. A pretty good kit with no real issues to report.

It also has the internal fixtures and engine incase you wish to remove the tail section to show the insides off.

[NARSES2]

That's really nice 

[bobbo]

I recall reading that, during the Korean War, one (or more?) F-86's was painted green/OD and managed to lose @ 30 MPH.  That said, I really don't care!  This is one great looking bird!

bobbo

[Dizzyfugu]

I like the simple idea, cool

Me too. Simple liveries make good/convincing whifs, and that classic USAF look suits the F-86 well. Nicely done 

[tc2324]

Again thank you for the comments guys. 

I recall reading that, during the Korean War, one (or more?) F-86's was painted green/OD and managed to lose @ 30 MPH.  That said, I really don't care!  This is one great looking bird!

bobbo

bobbo,  from what I understand the green/OD was a coating used when they shipped F-86's to Korea on carrier flight decks. I may be wrong?

The only other green/OD Sabres I know of were with the Malaysian AF.