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Flt Lt Howard M Park
Having joined the service in 1942, Howard Park trained as a fighter pilot. Posted to Europe to join the 406th Fighter Group in April 1944, he flew over 140 combat missions with the 513th Fighter Squadron on rocket firing ground attack P47 Thunderbolts, Howard flew the P47 'Big Ass Bird'. On D-Day the 406th were the first Fighter Group in action over Utah Beach. Engaged heavily on attacking ground targets, Howard sank a German naval vessel in Brest harbour using air-to-ground rockets, but still managed to notch up victories over three Me109s in only five aerial encounters with the enemy. During the Battle of the Bulge, the 406th FG were the only 9th Air Force unit exclusively assigned to the defence of the beleaguered town of Bastogne, attacking the besieging German forces with devastating success. Howard flew P47s in combat through until the final days of the war in May 1945.
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Items Signed by Flt Lt Howard M Park |
  | Clipped Signature - Howard Park. Price : £45.00 | A fighter pilot who was posted to Europe to join the 513th Fighter Squadron, 406th Fighter Group flying rocket firing ground attack P-47 Thunderbolts. In action on D-Day, he sank a naval ship in Brest harbour and scored three air victories over Me1...... | |
  | Thunderbolts and Lightnings by Nicolas Trudgian. Price : £170.00 | The relief of Bastogne turned the tide in the Battle of the Bulge and Hitlers final great offensive of World War II lay in ruins. P47 Thunderbolts of the 406th Fighter Group, in company with P38 Lightnings, support the advancing armor of General Geo...... | |
| | Thunderbolts and Lightnings by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP) Price : £290.00 | The relief of Bastogne turned the tide in the Battle of the Bulge and Hitlers final great offensive of World War II lay in ruins. P47 Thunderbolts of the 406th Fighter Group, in company with P38 Lightnings, support the advancing armor of General Geo...... | |
| | Thunderbolts and Lightnings by Nicolas Trudgian. (APB) Price : £210.00 | The relief of Bastogne turned the tide in the Battle of the Bulge and Hitlers final great offensive of World War II lay in ruins. P47 Thunderbolts of the 406th Fighter Group, in company with P38 Lightnings, support the advancing armor of General Geo...... | |
| | Thunderbolts and Lightnings by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) Price : £210.00 | The relief of Bastogne turned the tide in the Battle of the Bulge and Hitlers final great offensive of World War II lay in ruins. P47 Thunderbolts of the 406th Fighter Group, in company with P38 Lightnings, support the advancing armor of General Geo...... |
| | Thunderbolts and Lightnings by Nicolas Trudgian. (XX) Price : £150.00 | The relief of Bastogne turned the tide in the Battle of the Bulge and Hitlers final great offensive of World War II lay in ruins. P47 Thunderbolts of the 406th Fighter Group, in company with P38 Lightnings, support the advancing armor of General Geo...... | |
| | Thunderbolts and Lightnings by Nicolas Trudgian. (Y) SOLD OUT | The relief of Bastogne turned the tide in the Battle of the Bulge and Hitlers final great offensive of World War II lay in ruins. P47 Thunderbolts of the 406th Fighter Group, in company with P38 Lightnings, support the advancing armor of General Geo...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Flt Lt Howard M Park |
    | Special Sale Pack of 5 Prints - 4 FREE! Pack Price : £190.00 Saving : £200 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Thunderbolts and Lightnings by Nicolas Trudgian. The Struggle for Malta by Ivan Berryman. (F) LCT 312 by Ivan Berryman. (D) Typhoons Over Normandy by Ivan Berryman. (D) Dinah Might by Ivan Berryman. | |
 | Pack514. Pack of two USAF Thunderbolt aviation prints by Nicolas Trudgian and Robert Taylor. Pack Price : £275.00 Saving : £150 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Thunderbolts and Lightnings by Nicolas Trudgian. Thunderbolt Strike by Robert Taylor. | |
 | Pack 756. Pack of two Thunderbolt aircraft prints by Robert Taylor and Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £475.00 Saving : £215 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Wolfpack by Robert Taylor. (B) Thunderbolts and Lightnings by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP) | |
 | Pilot Signed P-47 Thunderbolt Prints by Richard Taylor and Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £230.00 Saving : £90 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Days of Thunder by Richard Taylor. Thunderbolts and Lightnings by Nicolas Trudgian. | |
| | P-47 Thunderbolt Artist Proof Edition Prints by Richard Taylor and Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £300.00 Saving : £110 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Days of Thunder by Richard Taylor. (AP) Thunderbolts and Lightnings by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) |
| Squadrons for : Flt Lt Howard M Park | ||
| A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Flt Lt Howard M Park. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name. | ||
| Squadron | Info | |
Country : US Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of 496th Fighter Group | 496th Fighter Group Full profile not yet available. | |
Country : US Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of 513th Fighter Squadron | 513th Fighter Squadron Full profile not yet available. | |
| Aircraft for : Flt Lt Howard M Park | |||
| A list of all aircraft associated with Flt Lt Howard M Park. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name. | |||
| Squadron | Info | ||
Production Began : 1943 Number Built : 15683 | Thunderbolt Alexander Kartveli was a engineer with Seversky Aircraft who designed the P-35, which first flew in 1937. With Republic Aviation Kartveli supervised the development of the P-43 Lancer. Neither of these aircraft were produced in large numbers, and neither was quite successful. However, the Republic Aviation P-47 Thunderbolt, also nicknamed the Jug, was quite a different story. The Jug was the jewel in Kartvelis design crown, and went on to become one of the most produced fighter aircraft of all time with 15,683 being manufactured. The P-47 was the largest and heaviest single seat fighter of WW II. The P-47 immediately demonstrated its excellent combat qualities, including speed, rate of climb, maneuverability, heavy fire power, and the ability to take a lot of punishment. With a wingspan of more than 40 feet and a weight of 19,400 pounds, this large aircraft was designed around the powerful 2000 HP Pratt and Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial engine. The first P-47 prototype flew in May of 1941, and the primary variant the P-47D went into service in 1943 with units of the U.S. Armys Eighth Air Force. The Jug had a maximum speed in excess of 400 MPH, a service ceiling in excess of 42,000 feet, and was heavily armed with either six or eight heavy caliber machine guns. With its ability to carry up to a 2,500 pound bomb load, the Jug saw lots of use in ground attack roles. Until the introduction of the N model, the P-47 lacked the long range required for fighter escort missions which were most often relegated to P-51 Mustangs or P-38 Lightnings. In his outstanding painting entitled Bridge Busting Jugs, noted aviation artist Stan Stokes depicts Eighth Air Force Jugs in a ground attack mission in the Alps in June of 1944. The top P-47 ace was Francis Gabreski who had flown with the 56th Fighter Group, the first unit to be equipped with the P-47. In August of 1943 Gabreski attained his first aerial combat victory (over an Fw-190) and by years end he had reached ace status with 8 confirmed victories. As Commander of the 61st Squadron, Gabreski continued to chalk up victory after victory, and on seven different occasions he achieved two victories during the same mission. However, in July of 1944 Gabreski damaged the prop on his Jug during a low level attack on an airfield near Coblenz. Forced to make a crash landing, he was captured and remained a prisoner of war until Wars end in 1945. Following the War Gabreski returned to military service with the Air Forces 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing in Korea. Flying the F-86 Sabre Jet, Gabreski attained 6.5 more aerial victories in 1951 and 1952 becoming an ace in two different wars | ||
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