George Preddy : Top Mustang Ace

Joe Noah ; Samuel L. Sox, Jr.

ISBN 10: 0966904214 / ISBN 13: 9780966904215

Published by Preddy Memorial Foundation, 126, 1991

About this Item

Text in English. 192 pp. George Preddy : Top Mustang Ace : the Complete Combat Biography of a 27-victory ace. This book takes you along on all Preddy's greatest missions, including the August 6, 1944 mission over Berlin on which he shot down a record six Me 109s! Written by Preddy's cousin Joe Noah and ace historian Samuel L. Sox, Jr., this book tells this great ace's story first hand, through Preddy's diary excerpts, the personal remembrances of those who flew with him and official combat reports. More than 100 rare photos show all Preddy's famous Cripes A'Mighty P47s and P-51s and many of the other great fliers and planes from the famed 352nd Fighter Group. Book in very good condition. Dust jacket shows moderate rubbing and edge wear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: George Preddy : Top Mustang Ace
• Publisher: Preddy Memorial Foundation, 126
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0966904214
• ISBN 13: 9780966904215
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
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Synopsis

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. George's 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.

About the Author

Joe Noah started writing George Preddy's biography in 1955 while he was an officer in the Air Force. In 1974 he published the first edition, Wing God Gave My Soul. In 1991 Joe & Sam Sox revised the book for publication by Motorbooks International. Joe Noah spent two years in the US Marine Corps, seven in the Air Force, and five years working for the Air Force think-tank, The Rand Corporation. Joe received a Master of Science degree from Stanford University in 1955 where he specialized in engineering-economics. He retired from his own firm in 1983, a firm that specialized in cost-benefit analysis. Sam Sox retired from his career in insurance as a certified life underwriter.