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George Preddy : Top Mustang Ace

paperback – August 25, 1991
by Noah, Joe
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ISBN-13: 9780879385316 ISBN-10: 0879385316
Publisher
Brand: Motorbooks Intl
Binding
paperback
Published
August 25, 1991
Weight
0.7 lbs
Dimensions
23.50×1.30×15.90 cm

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George Preddy : Top Mustang Ace by Noah, Joe. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780879385316.

This is a biography of Major George E. Preddy, Jr. who became the leading active ace in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. When he was killed on Christmas Day 1944 by Allied ground fire, he was the top P-51 Mustang ace of all time, with 27 aerial and five ground victories. Georges younger brother, Bill, was killed on April 17, 1945 while strafing an enemy aerodrome near Prague. A chapter is devoted to his short career in which he claimed two aerial victories.