"ZEMKE'S
THUNDER"
Col. Hubert 'Hub'
Zemke, C.O. 56th
Fighter Group, POW
P-47 Thunderbolt Ace, credited with shooting down seventeen German planes in WWII
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Overall image size approx. 16" x 20"
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Print is edged with 2" white border
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Limited edition of 350 Artist-Signed/Numbered.
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$65.00
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Colonel Hubert
"Hub" Zemke, Commanding Officer of the 56th
Fighter Group (the "Wolfpack") flies past his victim, an FW-190
high over Germany during March of 1944. Hub Zemke was one of the greatest
Fighter Group Commanders of the European Theatre of Operations (ETO), along with
his counterpart at the 4th FG, Don Blakeslee. Zemke's 56th Fighter Group, the
"Wolfpack," was credited with 665 aerial victories, leading all
fighter groups in the ETO. Zemke himself had 17.75 confirmed victories in 154
combat missions. Hub Zemke spent the first part of the war on liaison
missions to Russia and England before taking over as CO of the 56th Fighter
Group in September 1942.