George Earl Preddy Jr

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media-29905.jpeg UPL 29905 Major George Preddy 352nd FG J Cook photo collection and archives

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Object Number - UPL 29905 - Major George Preddy 352nd FG

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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Units served with

People

Anthony Henry Goebel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13106786 / 0-2005779
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Joseph John McVay

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 17th Service Squadron
  • Role/Job: Assistant Crew Chief

William Rhodes Preddy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14190131 / O-2057681
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Aircraft

42-8421

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron

42-8473

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Sweet Louise, Mrs Josephine / Hedy & Bloom's Tomb II
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 406th Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron 514th Fighter Squadron

42-8500

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Cripes A Mighty
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron

42-8521

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron
Major George E "Rasty" Preddy Jr of the 352nd Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang (HO-P, serial number 44-13321) nicknamed "Cripes A' Mighty 3rd."

44-13321

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Cripes A' Mighty 3rd / Sexchunate / The Margarets
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron

Related videos and documents

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Document 35330

  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: Lee Cook Collection
  • Object Number: Document 35330
  • Description: Biographical document written by Joseph J. Mcvay for Sam Sox, prior to his being interviewed for a video by Sam on the life of Major George Preddy.

Events

Event Location Date Description

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

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June 16, 2018

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JCook Photo Collection & Archives

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JCook Photo Collection & Archives

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Nickname misspelled...should be 'Ratsy'.

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Freeman, The Mighty Eighth, p.273

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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

George Earl Preddy: Gallery (12 items)

Major George E. Preddy Jr. of the 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group. 1943 - 1944.

Object number: FRE 336 - Major George E. Preddy Jr. of the 487th Fighter...

Major George E. Preddy Jr. of the 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, hold up hands for six enemy aircraft he shot down on 6 August 1944 mission. This was a record number of victories for a single pilot in one mission.

Object number: FRE 343 - Major George E. Preddy Jr. of the 487th Fighter...

Major George E. Preddy Jr. of the 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, during his return to the United States between August 1944 and October 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '28699 A.C. - Major George Preddy, 8th Air Force Ace with 23 and a half planes to his credit. Taken at Press Conference in Pentagon Building.'

Object number: FRE 346 - Major George E. Preddy Jr. of the 487th Fighter...

Major George E "Rasty" Preddy Jr of the 352nd Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang (HO-P, serial number 44-13321) nicknamed "Cripes A' Mighty 3rd."

Object number: FRE 6368 - Major George E "Rasty" Preddy Jr of the 352nd...

Airmen gathered around a P-47 at Bodney

Object number: HU 141110 - Members of the 352nd Fighter Group gather around P...

Object number: UPL 29905 - Major George Preddy 352nd FG

Object number: UPL 52030 - Capt. George E. Preddy of Greensboro, NC, (L) and...

Object number: UPL 56370 - L-R: George Preddy and Frederick Yochim, 352FG.

352nd FG commanders

Object number: UPL 83986 - Squadron and Group commanders pose for their photo...

S/Sgt Snyder with MAj. Preddy's P-51D 44-14906

Object number: UPL 84165 - S/Sgt. Arthur C 'Snoot' Snyder stands beside P-51D...

This Is It 44-14911

Object number: UPL 89823 - P-51D-5-NA S/N 44-14911 THIS IS IT with group and...