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s/n 44-13321, Maj. George Preddy Jr., 487th FS, 352nd FG, 8th AF,
Bodney, United Kingdom, July 1944
In the picture from the end of July there are already 23 kills painted on Preddy’s aircraft nose in the form of small crosses. The
plane is already missing the complete invasion stripes, they only
remained on the wing lower surfaces and the fuselage. While
removing these the European theater markings consisting of the
15 inch wide stripes on the wing upper surfaces and horizontal
tail surfaces as well as 12 inch stripe on the vertical tail surface
were also deleted. The pilot’s name tag was added to the canopy
trim. In August 1944 Maj. Preddy was sent back to United States
for recuperation and after his return in October he took command
of 328th FS incorporated to 352nd FG. On December 25th, in vee
hours chasing Fw 190 over the front line Preddy’s fighter including
his pilot were hit by the American anti-aircraft fire. He attempted
the emergency landing nearby the anti-aircraft battery but fatally
wounded crashed in its vicinity.
Historically first release of the version without the dorsal fin fillet
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