Herky's Big Day by Stan Stokes. SIG1004C shown left) and a Second

shown left) and a Second Class 40 bridge (Goliath

Gallipoli - Courtneys Trench by Jason Askew

During the opening nights of Operation Desert Storm hundreds of RAF

Roland Beamont was shot down by ground fire

Herky's Big Day by Stan Stokes. SIG1004C shown left) and a SecondSTK0037. Herky's Big Day by Stan Stokes. The Republic P 47 Thunderbolt, or Jug7 as it was more popularly called, was the mount of many of the American aces of WW 11. The P 47 represented the crowning achievement from two aircraft designers, Alexander Kartvelli and Alexander De Seversky, both immigrants from Russia. It came on the heels of two other aircraft, the P 35 and P 43, which were satisfactory pre war designs, but not up to the new standards