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Walker Bud Mahurin Died : 11 / 5 / 2010

Colonel Walker Bud Mahurin (deceased) Walker Melville 'Bud' Mahurin was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan on 5th December 1918. He joined the Army reserves on 29th September 1941 and entered flight training, being commissioned as a pilot on the 29th of April 1942 at Ellington Field Texas. 'Bud' Mahurin gained a reputation as one of the USAAF's most colourful fighter Aces. Arriving in the European theatre, flying with the 56th Fighter Group at Boxted, England, on the 17th of August the 56th Fighter group flew escort for the Eighth Air Force Bombers whose mission was to bomb Schweinfurt and Regensburg. They encountered a large force of German fighters and Bud Mahurin shot down two Fw190s. He went on to become an Ace on the 4th of October, and by the end of November he had achieved 10 kills. Bud Mahurin was promoted to Major on the 21st of March 1944. On the 27th of March he shared a victory of a Do217 but was hit by the bomber and was forced to bail out of his Thunderbolt, when his aircraft was set ablaze by the gunfire. Mahurin evaded the Germans with help of the French resistance and returned to Britian. He had by this time shot down 20 German aircraft. He then transferred to the south west Pacific Commanding the 3rd Air Commando Squadron where he added a Japanese aircraft to his score, shooting down a KI-46 Dinah, making hinm one of very few American pilots to shoot down German and Japanese aircraft. Mahurin saw combat from New Guinea to Okinawa. After this tour he returned to the US and was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel. After the war he spent two tours at the Pentagon and went on to obtain an aeronautical engineering degree. During the Korean War 'Bud' Mahurin commanded the 4th Fighter Interceptor Group in Korea where he added 3.5 MiG-15s to his tally before being shot down in his Sabre. He was shot down by ground fire on the 13th of May 1952, and bailed out for the last time, to spend a gruelling sixteen months as a POW in North Korea undergoing extensive torture. Mahurin returned to the US and stayed in the USAF until 1956 when he worked for the aerospace industry. Sadly, Bud Mahurin passed away on 11th May 2010.

Items Signed by Colonel Walker Bud Mahurin (deceased)

	Clipped Signature - Walker 'Bud' Mahurin. Price : £60.00	Flew Thunderbolts and Mustangs with the 56th Fighter Group in England, claiming 20 victories over Luftwaffe aircraft. He then served in the Pacific and claimed a Japanese aircraft to add to his total. After the war he stayed with the Air Force, cl......
	The Wolfpack by Robert Taylor. Price : £210.00	The 56th Fighter Group was led by some of Americas greatest fighter leaders of World War II and was home to many of its leading fighter Aces. Under successive commanders Hub Zemke, Robert Landry and David Schilling, the 56th destroyed more enemy ai......
	The Wolfpack by Robert Taylor. (AP) SOLD OUT	The 56th Fighter Group was led by some of Americas greatest fighter leaders of World War II and was home to many of its leading fighter Aces. Under successive commanders Hub Zemke, Robert Landry and David Schilling, the 56th destroyed more enemy ai......	NOT AVAILABLE
	The Wolfpack by Robert Taylor. (B) Price : £275.00	The 56th Fighter Group was led by some of Americas greatest fighter leaders of World War II and was home to many of its leading fighter Aces. Under successive commanders Hub Zemke, Robert Landry and David Schilling, the 56th destroyed more enemy ai......
	The Wolfpack by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT	The 56th Fighter Group was led by some of Americas greatest fighter leaders of World War II and was home to many of its leading fighter Aces. Under successive commanders Hub Zemke, Robert Landry and David Schilling, the 56th destroyed more enemy ai......	NOT AVAILABLE

	Running the Gauntlet by Robert Taylor. (D) SOLD OUT	Though some 1400 of Germanys remarkable Me262 jet aircraft were built, fewer than 300 ever saw action during its short 10 month combat career, the 550 mph fighter-bomber arriving in service too late to make any impression on the course of the war. ......	NOT AVAILABLE
	Running the Gauntlet by Robert Taylor. (E) SOLD OUT	Though some 1400 of Germanys remarkable Me262 jet aircraft were built, fewer than 300 ever saw action during its short 10 month combat career, the 550 mph fighter-bomber arriving in service too late to make any impression on the course of the war. ......	NOT AVAILABLE
	Opening Sky by Robert Taylor. (AP) Price : £450.00	With the morning sun glinting on their fuselages, P-51 Mustangs of the 78th Fighter Group cross the Dutch coastline far below, as they head back towards their base at Duxford, England at the end of a long sweep east of the Rhine crossing, Spring 194......
	Opening Sky by Robert Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT	With the morning sun glinting on their fuselages, P-51 Mustangs of the 78th Fighter Group cross the Dutch coastline far below, as they head back towards their base at Duxford, England at the end of a long sweep east of the Rhine crossing, Spring 194......	NOT AVAILABLE
	Days of Thunder by Richard Taylor. (AP) Price : £150.00	Duxford became home to the 78th Fighter Group when they arrived in England with their P-47B Thunderbolts in 1943. The objective of the American fighter units was to gain air superiority over the Luftwaffe in support of their daylight bombing campaig......

	Days of Thunder by Richard Taylor. (B) Price : £120.00	Duxford became home to the 78th Fighter Group when they arrived in England with their P-47B Thunderbolts in 1943. The objective of the American fighter units was to gain air superiority over the Luftwaffe in support of their daylight bombing campaig......
	Days of Thunder by Richard Taylor. (C) Price : £395.00	Duxford became home to the 78th Fighter Group when they arrived in England with their P-47B Thunderbolts in 1943. The objective of the American fighter units was to gain air superiority over the Luftwaffe in support of their daylight bombing campaig......
	P-51 Mustang by Nicolas Trudgian. (APE) Price : £75.00	Part of a small print series of six American WW2 aircraft, signed by some of the great American pilots, some no longer with us. Cranston Fine Arts have purchased the last remaining stocks of this aviation series. ......
	P-51 Mustang by Nicolas Trudgian. (APG) Price : £115.00	Part of a small print series of six American WW2 aircraft, signed by some of the great American pilots, some no longer with us. Cranston Fine Arts have purchased the last remaining stocks of this aviation series. ......
	P-51 Mustang by Nicolas Trudgian. (E) Price : £75.00	Part of a small print series of six American WW2 aircraft, signed by some of the great American pilots, some no longer with us. Cranston Fine Arts have purchased the last remaining stocks of this aviation series.......

	P-51 Mustang by Nicolas Trudgian. (I) Price : £120.00	Part of a small print series of six American WW2 aircraft, signed by some of the great American pilots, some no longer with us. Cranston Fine Arts have purchased the last remaining stocks of this aviation series.......
	Heading Home to Raydon by Robert Taylor. Price : £125.00	After a grueling bomber escort mission late in WWII, P-51 Mustangs of the 353rd Fighter Group return to their base at Raydon, Suffolk. ......
	Eagles Over the Rhine by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT	P-51 Mustangs of the 353rd Fighter Group make a low-level run over towns and villages along the Rhine.......	NOT AVAILABLE
	Home at Dusk by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT	SOLD OUT. ......	NOT AVAILABLE
	Struggle for Supremacy by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT	The scene depicted took place in January 1945 as P-51 Mustang fighters of the 357th Fighter Group have engaged a force of Messerschmitt Me109 fighters. Captain Robert Foy in Little Shrimp of the 363rd Squadron engages one of the Bf109s in a d......	NOT AVAILABLE

	Outward Bound by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT	78th FG Thunderbolts preparing to depart Duxford - with two visiting 361st FG Mustangs in the background while overhead other 361st FG Mustangs climb away from Bottisham.......	NOT AVAILABLE
	Zemkes Wolfpack by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT	Hub Zemke was a fighter pilot and commander who led from the front. A great tactician too, it was in no small measure due to the air combat tactics introduced to the 56th Fighter Group by its mercurial leader that by the end of WW2 it had become the......	NOT AVAILABLE

Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Colonel Walker Bud Mahurin (deceased)

	P-47 Thunderbolt Aviation Print 4-Pack. Pack Price : £430.00 Saving : £310	Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Bridge Busters by Anthony Saunders. Return From Bremen by Simon Smith. The Wolfpack by Robert Taylor. Zemke's First Fan by David Pentland.
	Pack 754. Pack of two P-47 Thunderbolt prints by Robert Taylor and David Pentland. Pack Price : £280.00 Saving : £165	Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Wolfpack by Robert Taylor. Zemke's First Fan by David Pentland.
	Pack 755. Pack of two P-47 Thunderbolt prints by Ivan Berryman and Robert Taylor. Pack Price : £250.00 Saving : £125	Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Wolfpack by Robert Taylor. Duxford Pair by Ivan Berryman.
	Pack 756. Pack of two Thunderbolt aircraft prints by Robert Taylor and Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £475.00 Saving : £215	Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Wolfpack by Robert Taylor. (B) Thunderbolts and Lightnings by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP)
	Pack 757. Pack of two Thunderbolt prints by Robert Taylor. Pack Price : £410.00 Saving : £125	Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Wolfpack by Robert Taylor. (B) Thunderbolt Strike by Robert Taylor.

	Pack 759. Pack of two P-47 prints. Pack : SOLD OUT	Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Wolfpack by Robert Taylor. (B) Return From Bremen by Simon Smith.	NOT AVAILABLE
	Pack 760. Pack of two P47 Thunderbolt prints by Robert Taylor and Simon Smith. Pack Price : £360.00 Saving : £160	Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Wolfpack by Robert Taylor. (B) Return From Bremen by Simon Smith.
	Pack 761. Pack of two P-47 Thunderbolt prints by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £570.00 Saving : £250	Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Wolfpack by Robert Taylor. (B) Duxford Pair by Ivan Berryman (GS)
	78th Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolt Prints by Richard Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £245.00 Saving : £45	Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Days of Thunder by Richard Taylor. (AP) Duxford Pair by Ivan Berryman (AP)
	P-47 Thunderbolt Artist Proof Edition Prints by Richard Taylor and Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £300.00 Saving : £110	Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Days of Thunder by Richard Taylor. (AP) Thunderbolts and Lightnings by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)

	Pilot Signed P-47 Thunderbolt Prints by Richard Taylor and Stan Stokes. Pack Price : £250.00 Saving : £54	Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Days of Thunder by Richard Taylor. (AP) Bridge Busting Jugs by Stan Stokes. (B)
	Bud Mahurin Print and Clipped Signature Pack. Pack Price : £100.00 Saving : £65	...... Titles in this pack : Tribute to Walker 'Bud' Mahurin by Ivan Berryman. (B) Clipped Signature - Walker 'Bud' Mahurin.
	Walker Bud Mahurin Clipped Signature and Aviation Print Pack. Pack Price : £125.00 Saving : £86	...... Titles in this pack : Tribute to Walker 'Bud' Mahurin by Ivan Berryman. (APB) Clipped Signature - Walker 'Bud' Mahurin.
	Bud Mahurin Aviation Print and Signature Pack. Pack Price : £130.00 Saving : £60	...... Titles in this pack : Tribute to Walker 'Bud' Mahurin by Ivan Berryman. (C) Clipped Signature - Walker 'Bud' Mahurin.

Colonel Walker Bud Mahurin (deceased)

Aircraft for : Colonel Walker Bud Mahurin (deceased)
A list of all aircraft associated with Colonel Walker Bud Mahurin (deceased). A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name.
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Mustang Click the name above to see prints featuring Mustang aircraft. Manufacturer : North American	Mustang The ubiquitous North American P-51 Mustang, which many consider to be the best all-around fighter of WW II, owes its origins to the British Air Ministry. Following Britains entry into WW II in 1939, the RAF was interested in purchasing additional fighter aircraft from American sources, particularly the Curtiss P-40. Curtiss, which was busy, was unable to guarantee timely delivery so the British approached North American Aviation as a possible second source for the P-40. North American chose to propose its own fighter design which would use the same Allison engine as the P-40. Utilizing new laminar flow wings, the North American fighter was expected to have performance better than the P-40. Developed in record time the new aircraft was designated as a Mustang I by the Brits, whereas the USAAF ordered two for evaluation which were designated XP-51 Apaches. Intrigued with the possibility of using this aircraft also as a dive bomber, North American proposed this to the USAAF which decided to order 500 of the P-51 aircraft to be modified for dive bombing use. Designated as the A-36 Invader, this version of the Mustang utilized dive flaps, and bomb racks under each wing. Some reinforcing of the structural members was also required because of the G-forces to be encountered in dive bombing. A-36s entered combat service with the USAAF prior to any P-51s. In early 1943 the 86th and 27th Fighter Bomber Groups of the 12th Air Force began flying A-36s out of Northern Africa. Despite some early problems with instability caused by the dive flaps, the A-36 was effective in light bombing and strafing roles. It was not, however, capable of dog fighting with German fighters, especially at higher altitudes. Despite these drawbacks one USAAF pilot, Captain Michael T. Russo, who served with the 16th Bomb Squadron of the 27th Fighter Bomber Group, was credited with five confirmed aerial victories in the A-36, thereby becoming the first mustang ace.