Sixteen Hours in “Old Crow”

Paul Draper guides Jack Roush’s P-51B “Old Crow” over the Cascade Mountains on the way to Auburn, California for Anderson’s 100th birthday party as seen from Ray Fowler’s view in the cockpit of Jim Hagedorn’s P-51D “Old Crow.”

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Ray Fowler closed the distance on “Old Crow” above Detroit, Michigan on January 13, rendezvousing with Paul Draper, who was flying Jack Roush’s P-51B. Fowler was at the controls of another “Old Crow,” a P-51D owned by Jim Hagedorn. Both airplanes wear the wartime livery of one of America’s most celebrated aces, Colonel Clarence “Bud” Anderson. The two were joining up to head west, all the way to Auburn, California for Anderson’s 100th birthday party...

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