Hobby Master P-51D Mustang

Cripes A'Mighty, Maj. George Preddy, 352nd Fighter Group Hobby Master 1/48 Air Power Series HA7710 - P-51D Mustang 44-14906 PE-P 328th FS "Cripes A'Mighty" 1/48 scale pre-finished Die-cast metal with a minimum of plastic. Professionally painted. All markings pad applied for superb results. Cockpit slides open. Comes with a pilot that can be removed. Comes with display stand. Can be displayed with landing gear up or down. TOP OF PAGE If you arrived at this page using a search engine or a link from another site please click on the home button once during your visit so my visitor counter will add your visit. Thank you. Later in WWII the Allied bombers were flying deep into Germany but suffered tremendous losses because of the lack of range the fighter escorts had. German fighters would wait beyond the range of the Allied fighters and then attack the vulnerable bombers. Once the P- 51 called Mustang by the British had the Allison engine replaced with a British Merlin it possessed the high performance that had been lacking. With drop tanks the P-51 had the range to escort bombers all the way to Berlin and back. On August 6, 1944 Major George Preddy scored six victories. In October 1944 when George Preddy returned from a 30 day leave he was promoted to CO of the 328th FS. Preddy was assigned a new P-51D s/n 44-14906 he named “Cripes A’ Mighty”. On November 2, 1944 the 352nd destroyed a record 38 aircraft with 25 credited to the 328th FS. On Christmas day Preddy led 10 other P-51’s on patrol and were vectored to a group of enemy fighters. Preddy downed 2 aircraft before he and his wing man were vectored to another group of aircraft near Liege, Belgium. Preddy spotted a Fw-190D-9 at tree top level and dove to pursue. The chase led the aircraft over an area being defended by the U.S. 12th AA. When the P-51 roared by the American troops opened fire. His Mustang was hit by friendly fire and crashed near Langerwehe, Germany killing Major George Preddy Jr. age 25. Preddy was credited with 27.5 aerial victories and 5 ground strafing victories. Specifications for the North American Aviation P-51D Mustang