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Re: more Bits and peices
I want to tank everyone for all their great replies and insite. As Nicholas said, it did open up a can of worms!
I asked this question, originally, in regards to some on-going research on the career of George E. Preddy. He went to Australia in early 1942 with the 49th and flew P-40s with the 49th until June of '42 when he was severely injured in a mid-air collision. His P-40 was "Tarheel".
Preddy in his diary says that they flew to a depot and flew some back. You would have to assume that they were a mixed bag. Several were lost enroute. I will have to go back a read again to see when this happened. The 49th did not have enough aircraft on hand when the new pilots arrived for them to fly. I'll work on this.
The question arose because someone is planning a painting.
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