Gabby: A Fighter Pilot's Life as Told to Carl Molesworth *SIGNED* HC DJ

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Item specifics

Condition
Very Good: A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, ...
Personalize
No
Signed
Yes
Book Series
Historical
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Personalized
No
Original Language
English
Inscribed
No
Subject
Military & War
Country of Origin
United States
Vintage
No
ISBN
9780517578018
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0517578018
ISBN-13
9780517578018
eBay Product ID (ePID)
505392

Product Key Features

Book Title
Gabby : a Fighter Pilot's Life
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1991
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / United States, Military
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Non-Classifiable, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Carl Molesworth, Francis Gabreski
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight
22.4 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
91-002420
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
940.54/4973
Synopsis
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.
LC Classification Number
D790.G23 1991

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