George Earl Preddy Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURJCook Photo Collection & Archives
CO 328th FS 352nd FG 4 kills (P-51D)
Flight leader 487th FS 22.83 kills (3 P-47D + 19.83 P-51B/D).
Wingman/Flt Leader 9th FS 49th FG SWP 2 damaged Zeros (P-40E).
143 combat missions totalling 26.833 kills air + 5 kills strafing.
KIA Dec. 25, 1944 by friendly ground fire.
P-47D s/n 42-8500 HO+P ''Cripes A' Mighty''
P-51B s/n 42-106451 HO+P "Cripes A' Mighty"
P-51D s/n 44-13321 HO+P Cripes A' Mighty 3rd"
P-51D s/n 44-14906 PE+P(bar) "Cripes A' Mighty"
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Greensboro, North Carolina | 5 February 1919 | |
Died |
Belgium | 25 December 1944 | Killed in Action in a friendly fire accident by US anti-aircraft fire over Belgium |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Fighter Aces of the U. S. A. and Mustang Aces of the Eighth Air Force/ mentioned in Freedom's Heroes / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list