Herky's Big Day by Stan Stokes. SIG1004C In an effort to improve

In an effort to improve the situation and provide some semblance of air superiority

shown left) and a Second Class 40 bridge (Goliath

Signed by Kit Carson

The individual acts of courage were equally splendid

moments before he received a mortal wound

Herky's Big Day by Stan Stokes. SIG1004C In an effort to improveSTK0037. 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