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Francis Stanley "Gabby" Gabreski (born Franciszek Stanisław Gabryszewski; January 28, 1919 – January 31, 2002) was a Polish-American career pilot in the United States Air Force who retired as a colonel after 26 years of military service.
Francis S. "Gabby" Gabreski: USAF Colonel 6.5 (1 Shared) 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing: F-86 Sabre Also claimed 28 kills in World War II. [1] George L. Jones: USAF Lieutenant Colonel 6.5 (1 Shared) 335th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing F-86 Sabre Winton W. Marshall: USAF Major 6.5 (1 Shared)
Gabby Gabreski, 83, Polish-American World War II and Korean War fighter pilot, heart attack. [188] Ad Hermes, 72, Dutch politician. [189] Henry Kloss, 72, American audio engineer and entrepreneur. [190] Jim Letsinger, 90, American gridiron football player. [191]
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Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr. (August 1, 1920 – January 7, 1945) was an American United States Army major who was killed in action while serving as a member of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
2002 – Death of Francis Stanley "Gabby" Gabreski (Franciszek Gabryszewski), top American fighter ace in Europe during WWII, and jet fighter ace in Korea. 2001 – The 2001 Japan Airlines mid-air incident: Japan Airlines Flight 907, a Douglas DC-10, and Japan Airlines Flight 958, a Boeing 747, narrowly avoid colliding near Yaizu, Japan.
Pilots of the 56th who became well-known figures included Hub Zemke, Bud Mahurin, Bob Johnson, Jerry Johnson, and Gabby Gabreski, with Bob Johnson being the first to break Rickenbacker's mark on 8 May (as a result of which he was immediately grounded from further combat).
English: FIFTH AIR FORCE KOREA- Col Francis S Gabreski, Oil City, Pa, noted "Ace" of World War II, is back in action against enemy aircraft and he apparently lost none of his skill in shooting down hostile fighters. Assigned to the veteran "MIG Killing" 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing, Col Gabreski is shown in the cockpit of his US Air Force F-86 ...