Tribute to Walker 'Bud' Mahurin by Ivan Berryman. [Postcard]

Aircraft Depicted: P-47 Thunderbolt [other products featuring this aircraft]

Artist: Ivan Berryman [browse all Ivan Berryman]

Flying P-47 Thunderbolts with the 56th Fighter Group in England, Bud Mahurin scored more than 20 victories during World War Two. Seen here in his personal aircraft 42-8487 UN-M named The Spirit of Atlantic City owing to it being paid for by bonds from that city, he shot down three Me109s in a day and three Fw190s another day, before eventually being brought down by return fire from a German bomber. Evacuated from France with the help of the Resistance, he then flew P-51 Mustangs against the Japanese in the Philippines, scoring one more victory before again being shot down, bailing into the ocean. He went on to score more victories in the Korean War before being shot down and taken prisoner for more than a year. He was the only pilot of the US Air Force to down enemy aircraft in the European Theater, Pacific Theater and Korean War. He died in 2010.

Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)