Capt. Richard "Bud" Peterson by L. Ortega (Signed by Richard Peterson)

"Bud" Peterson scored his first victory flying P-51s with the 357th Fighter Group, when he brought down a long-nose Fw190D in March of 1944. At the tender age of 21 he became the Leiston based Group's 10th Ace. Flying his well-known Mustang "Hurry Home Honey" he finished the war as top-scorer of the 364th Fighter Squadron. "Bud" Peterson's total of 15.50 aerial victories included every Luftwaffe piston-engine type that flew in World War II.