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Francis Gabreski Gabby (Hardback)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Gabby : a Fighter Pilot's Life
- Publication Name
- Gabby
- Title
- Gabby
- Subtitle
- A Fighter Pilot's Life
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 0764304429
- EAN
- 9780764304422
- ISBN
- 9780764304422
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing, The Limited
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Military
- Release Date
- 24/02/1998
- Release Year
- 1998
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 9.2in
- Item Length
- 11.8in
- Item Weight
- 34.1 Oz
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Item Width
- 1in
- Number of Pages
- 176 Pages
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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.
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Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, The Limited
ISBN-10
0764304429
ISBN-13
9780764304422
eBay Product ID (ePID)
917222
Product Key Features
Book Title
Gabby : a Fighter Pilot's Life
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Military
Publication Year
1998
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
11.8in
Item Height
9.2in
Item Width
1in
Item Weight
34.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
D790.G23 1998
eBook Format
Portable Document Format
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
97-080325
Dewey Decimal
940.54/4973
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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