Brig. Gen. Clarence "Bud" Anderson, the last American fighter pilot known as a "triple ace" for downing 16 German planes during World War II, died in his sleep May 17 at his home in Auburn ...

Eddie Rickenbacker downed his first German airplane on April 27 ... But unlike some early pilots of the First World War, who had reveled in the image of the gallant, chivalrous airman ...