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George Earl Preddy Jr. (February 5, 1919 – December 25, 1944) was a United States Army Air Forces officer during World War II and an American ace credited with 26.83 enemy air-to-air kills (a number that includes shared one-half and one-third victory credits), [1] ranking him as the top P-51 Mustang ace of World War II and eighth on the list of highest scoring American aces.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
The James A. Garfield Memorial is the final resting place of assassinated President James A. Garfield, located in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.The memorial, which began construction in October 1885 and was dedicated on May 30, 1890, exhibits a combination of Byzantine, Gothic, and Romanesque Revival architectural styles.
George Preddy, World War II fighter ace [97] Ethel Clay Price, nurse and socialite [98] Julian Price, insurance executive [98] Ricky Proehl, NFL player [99] Morgan Radford, journalist and reporter for NBC News and MSNBC [100] D.J. Reader, NFL Defensive Tackle [101] Eddie Robinson, Major League Soccer (MLS) player [102]
1919 – Birth of George Preddy, American WWII fighter ace, top P-51 Mustang ace of WWII and 6th on the list of all-time highest scoring American aces. 1919 – Birth of Ion Dobran, Romanian WWII flying ace and airliner pilot. 1918 – Death of Harold Day, Welsh WWI flying ace, killed in action in his in his Sopwith Camel.
George Preddy (1919–1944), USAF fighter ace Edward F. Rector (1916–2001), USAF fighter ace, member of the Flying Tigers ( Marshall ) Ida Van Smith (1917–2003), pilot and flight instructor ( Lumberton )
Anthony Edward Pevec, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (1982–2001). [277] P. J. Sarma, 70, Indian actor and dubbing artist, heart attack. [278] Rohit Talwar, 49, Indian cricketer, cancer. [279] Fuzzy Thurston, 80, American football player (Green Bay Packers), Alzheimer's disease and cancer. [280]
Born in Cleveland in 1941, Prentiss grew up in an activist family. [2] Her father worked with the Future Outlook League, which was critical in mobilizing the Black community and increasing Black employment. He was assaulted trying to integrate an amusement park during the Euclid Beach Park Riot [3] of 1946. C.