Air Vice-Marshal K. R. Park
Portrait of Air Vice Marshal Keith Rodney Park (1892 - 1975), Commander in Chief of Group 11, Air Command during World War II and mastermind of the Battle of Britain of 1940. Denied the German Luftwaffe air superiority and arguably prevented the Nazi invasion of Britain (Operation Sealion). Later commanded air defence in Malta and was appointed Allied Air Commander in South East Asia. Credited as The Defender of Britain
Picture No
10272015
Media ID
46054404
Size
4000px x 5358px
(2.3MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Sphere, 21 December 1940, p.359
Date
1940
