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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)
Assigned to the veteran "MIG Killing" 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing, Col Gabreski is shown in the cockpit of his US Air Force F-86 Sabre jet after returning victoriously from combat. He scored his first aerial victory over Northwest Korea July 8 1952, when he sent one MIG-15 spinning earthward in flames, April 1952
Johnson was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, on February 21, 1920, the son of an automobile mechanic.In his war memoir, Thunderbolt!, he states that he first developed an interest in military aviation in the summer of 1928, when his father took him to see a United States Army Air Corps barnstorming team, "The Three Musketeers", [1] appearing at Ft. Sill's Post Field.
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]
English: Col. Francis S. "Gabby" Gabreski, stepping out of his F-86. Date: 27 April 1950: Source: USAF photo 050427-F-1234P-050: Author: US Air Force official ...
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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 09:35, 13 December 2016: 865 × 751 (336 KB): Thayneh (talk | contribs); Description : Gabby Gabreski (left) and Cyclone Davis (second from left) in the Wheeler Field Officers Club, 1941.