Color photo, Captain George D Green from the American 335th Fighter Squadron near the P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft (North American P-51 Mustang) of the US Air Force at the military airfield. Mediterranean theater of operations, World War II.
Captain George D Green is famous for his daring piggyback rescue of Major Pierce McKennon, his Squadron CO, in a P-51 Mustang on 18 March 1945.
Captain George D. Green was flying his assigned P-51D Mustang ‘Suzon’ on 18 March 1945 when he saw his CO, Major Pierce McKennon bale out over Germany. Green made the bold decision to land and rescue the downed pilot, the two squeezing into the cokpit of Green’s aircraft for the long ride home.