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Use the Links list for links to Web pages that your team members will find interesting or useful.
 | | | The origin of the Commemorative Air Force dates back to 1951, with the purchase of a surplus Curtiss P-40 Warhawk. A short while later, the group added a P-51 Mustang and then a pair of F8F Bearcats. At this point, the mission of the CAF became clear: save an example of every aircraft that flew during WWII ~ a mission no one else was undertaking. | | | | The American Airpower Heritage Museum (AAHM), located at Midland International Airport in Midland, Texas, is dedicated to preserving the complete history of World War II military aviation and the memory of the men and women who built, serviced and flew the historic military aircraft of World War II. | | | | The purpose of the Foundation is to ensure that Major George E. Preddy, Jr., his brother Lt. William R. Preddy, and their comrades at arms will continue to be honored for their significant contribution to victory during World War II.
George and Bill, Greensboro natives, were killed in action while flying the P-51 Mustang fighter. George became the leading active ace in the European Theater of Operations. He ranks sixth among Air Force aces, seventh among American aces, and is the top Mustang ace. He was downed by friendly fire during the Battle of the Bulge on Christmas Day 1944 near Langerwehe, Germany. Bill was shot down by enemy ground fire while strafing an airfield at Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia on 17 April 1945, just days before the war ended in Europe. Bill is memorialized in the Czech Republic as one of their liberators. |
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