Territory Stories

Major George E. Preddy

Details:

Title

Major George E. Preddy,

Photo number

PH0226/0064,

Collection

Bob Alford Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1944,

Location

England,

Description

Major George E. Preddy in his P51-D Mustang. "Cripes a-mighty 3rd" in the U.K. 1944. He originally flew with the 9th pursuit squadron, 49th pursuit group at Livingstone during 1942. Preddy was involved in a mid-air collision with Lt. John Sanders during training over Manton Dam in August 1942. Sanders was killed in the incident, however Preddy survived to become the leading ace in Europe until killed by U.S. ground fire on Christmas Day.,

Notes

Date:1944,

Language

English,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/18758,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/740357