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Gabby: A Fighter Pilot's Life
Francis Gabreski
Carl Molesworth
If ever a man has earned his place in the annals of military history,
that man is Francis "Gabby" Gabreski. His exploits as a fighter pilot
in World War II and Korea are legendary; his rise from humble
beginnings to success in military and business careers is inspiring.
This is the full story of Gabby Gabreski, told in his own words.
Gabreski's life is a classic American success story. Born to Polish
immigrant parents in 1919, he nearly washed out of Notre Dame
and then flight school. He was down to his last chance, and he
made the most of it. A witness to the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor, Gabby had his own first taste of air combat flying with a
Polish RAF squadron. Shortly thereafter he joined the 56th Fighter
Group of the U.S. 8th Air Force, and in seventeen months he shot
down twenty-eight German planes, the highest total of any 8th Air
Force pilot in Europe. He became a hero whose name was splashed
across newspaper headlines from coast to coast. And then, on the
very day he was to fly home to his fiancee and a hero's welcome, he
took one last combat mission, crashed and, after a daring attempt to
avoid capture, finished the war in a POW camp.
Gabreski returned to combat in 1951, flying F-86 Sabrejets over Korea.
He scored 6.5 more victories there, making him one of the few pilots
ever to achieve ace status in two wars and in both propeller and jet
aircraft.
He retired from the Air Force as a colonel in 1967 and spent the next
twenty years working in the aviation industry, sustained, as always, by
his devout religious faith and his deep love for his family.
Now, drawing on his private documents and photographs, Gabby,
along with writer Carl Molesworth, tells his thrilling eyewitness story
with a candor and a vivid style that should earn this brave pilot a
whole new generation of admirers.
Hardcover, 8 1/2 x 11, 176 pages, photographs & 8 color aircraft
profiles.
$45.00
Francis Gabreski
Carl Molesworth
If ever a man has earned his place in the annals of military history,
that man is Francis "Gabby" Gabreski. His exploits as a fighter pilot
in World War II and Korea are legendary; his rise from humble
beginnings to success in military and business careers is inspiring.
This is the full story of Gabby Gabreski, told in his own words.
Gabreski's life is a classic American success story. Born to Polish
immigrant parents in 1919, he nearly washed out of Notre Dame
and then flight school. He was down to his last chance, and he
made the most of it. A witness to the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor, Gabby had his own first taste of air combat flying with a
Polish RAF squadron. Shortly thereafter he joined the 56th Fighter
Group of the U.S. 8th Air Force, and in seventeen months he shot
down twenty-eight German planes, the highest total of any 8th Air
Force pilot in Europe. He became a hero whose name was splashed
across newspaper headlines from coast to coast. And then, on the
very day he was to fly home to his fiancee and a hero's welcome, he
took one last combat mission, crashed and, after a daring attempt to
avoid capture, finished the war in a POW camp.
Gabreski returned to combat in 1951, flying F-86 Sabrejets over Korea.
He scored 6.5 more victories there, making him one of the few pilots
ever to achieve ace status in two wars and in both propeller and jet
aircraft.
He retired from the Air Force as a colonel in 1967 and spent the next
twenty years working in the aviation industry, sustained, as always, by
his devout religious faith and his deep love for his family.
Now, drawing on his private documents and photographs, Gabby,
along with writer Carl Molesworth, tells his thrilling eyewitness story
with a candor and a vivid style that should earn this brave pilot a
whole new generation of admirers.
Hardcover, 8 1/2 x 11, 176 pages, photographs & 8 color aircraft
profiles.
$45.00