Working on my sixth 352nd FG planes. Building Major George Preddy's P-51D . This is my second 1/32 Tamiya P-51 and the kit is just beautiful and a blast to build

































Cheers Brian

Brian, looks good so far. I have heared only good things about this kit, so it should be enjoyable. Last year I've built the little brother of it, Tamiya's quarterscale P-51 D and it was a dream to build.

Btw, wasn't Preddy killed or missed in action? I think I've heared something like this?

Happy modelling
Torsten

Looking good Brian. I have this kit (along with it's 1/48 scale brother) so I'll be following along.

I assume you're aware that there is a full-scale "Cripes-A'Mighty" flying...should have no problem finding reference photos if you need them.

George Preddy was killed by friendly fire on Christmas Day 1944.

Looking forward to this build.

C.

From Valder's Musings

See here for detail shots: http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/?survivors/serial/45-11507

A great site for Mustang fans, btw. Definitely one for the bookmarks.

You guys rock hanks for all the cool pics of Preddy i have never seen

Cheers Brian

Excerpt on Maj. George Preddy's fate from:

http://www.aviation-history.com/airmen/preddy.htm

"During the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, elements of the group were moved to fighter strip Y-29, Asche, Belgium. On Christmas Eve, Preddy indulged in a game of craps and scooped the pot to win $1200, which he intended to invest in war bonds. On Christmas Day, Preddy led 10 of his P-51s on a patrol. They were vectored to a formation of enemy planes, and in the ensuing fight, though the squadron became scattered, Preddy downed two more Bf-109s. He and his wingman, Lt. James Cartee, were then vectored to an unknown number of bandits near Liege. Preddy saw a FW-190 on the deck and went after him at treetop height. As they roared over American ack-ack batteries, Preddy was hit by friendly ground fire and killed, probably by the bullets from the quad 50s."

...a sad story and a good start ! My collection is short on Mustangs, this will be a good inspiration.

Not sure why the photos disappeared in my previous post but since it's too late to edit I'll just re-post here