Keith Park
New Zealand soldier, military aviator and former Royal Air Force commander (1892-1975) · United Kingdom · On the map · Died at 82
Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Rodney Park, was a New Zealand-born officer of the Royal Air Force (RAF). During the Second World War, his leadership of the RAF's No. 11 Group was pivotal to the defeat of the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain.
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1975Died6 February 19751947Doctor of Civil LawAward1942Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward1940In historyBattle of Britain beginsWith 
Hugo Sperrle 5 moreCommanderOrder of the BathAward1919Distinguished Flying CrossAward1918Croix de guerre 1914-1918Award1917Military CrossAward1892Born15 June 1892
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Park, wearing a Sidcot suit, beside a Bristol Fighter, c. 1917-18
Park in his Royal Flying Corps uniform
Park and the Hurricane he regularly flew in 1940-41
A painting by the British war artist Charles Cundall of the operations room at the headquarters of No. 11 Group in Uxbridge
Park in front of his Hurricane on Malta
Park (far right) on the steps of the Municipal Building with Lord Mountbatten (centre, in white) following the formal surrender of the Japanese
Park's portrait, executed by the official war artist Bernard Hailstone in 1945Awards
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Lived 1892 to 1975 · aged 82