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Re: George Preddy final paintscheme, is there any reference photo to confirm this image please?
Joe Noah and Sam Sox described the markings fully in their book "George Preddy top Mustang ace" including the tabs, gun muzzles and exhaust tags (not all visible on the profile); as Peter says the codes reach up to the swastikas. They agree with Peter that there's no known photo of the whole aircraft.
I had a lot of correspondence with the 352nd when I was doing Peter's pictures and one ground crew from the 328th (not Preddy's) sent me a drawing of the tail markings (maybe Bob Powell's ?). Snyder was fond of decorating the rudder balances and trim tabs (like white stars on red on 44-13553).
Nick
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