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    The Complete Fighter Pilot

    Aug 10, 2021 2 minutes

    op-scoring Mustang ace Major George Preddy and his airplane represented the best of America during the Second World War. General John C. Meyer, commander of the 487th Fighter Squadron and the 352nd Fighter Group in England during the war, knew that as well

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