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Francis and Kay Gabreski had nine children in 48 years of marriage. Two of their three sons graduated from the United States Air Force Academy and became career Air Force pilots. [ 38 ] His daughter-in-law Terry L. Gabreski was promoted to lieutenant general in August 2005, the highest-ranking woman in the USAF until her retirement in 2010. [ 39 ]
P-47 pilot Lt Col Francis S. "Gabby" Gabreski, 56th Fighter Group, leading ace of the 8th Air Force. Beginning in January 1943, Thunderbolt fighters were sent to the joint Army Air Forces – civilian Millville Airport in Millville, New Jersey, to train civilian and military pilots.
Top Irish ace Francis "Gabby" Gabreski United States U.S. Army Air Forces: 28 +6.5 in Korean War: Ace in each of two wars (+2.5 ground kills WWII) Igor Kaberov Soviet Union Soviet Naval Aviation: 28 [113] including 18 shared victories Hans-Heinrich Koenig † Germany: Luftwaffe: 28 [114] Izidor Kovárik Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force: 28 ...
Terry Lee Gabreski (née Walter; born 1952) is a retired senior officer of the United States Air Force (USAF). She was the second woman to hold the rank of lieutenant general in the USAF. [ 1 ]
English: USAAF fighter ace Francis S. Gabreski in cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt. Photograph from July 1944 as shown by the 28 victory markings - Gabreski scored his 28th kill on 5 July and was captured on 20 July.
Name Kills Awards Notes Gabreski, Francis Stanley "Gabby" 28: DSC, DSM, LM, DFC, AM (Polish-American) Gabszewicz, [2] Aleksander Klemens: 11: DFC, DSO*, CdG, VM ...
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1919 – Francis Gabreski, American fighter pilot, was born (d. 2002). Francis Stanley “Gabby” Gabreski (Franciszek Gabryszewski) was the top American fighter ace in Europe during World War II, a jet fighter ace in Korea, and one of only seven U. S. pilots to become an ace in two wars.