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Time Remaining To Bid: 16 days 7 hours 26 mins. 35 secs.
Item Will Close On: Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 8:30:00 PM CST

Lot Number: 5935634

Category: O82 - Personal Letters & Papers

COL. FRANCIS STANLEY "GABBY" GABRESKI PERSONAL PAPER GROUPING

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Francis Stanley "Gabby" Gabreski (Franciszek Gabryszewski) (28 January 1919 - January 31, 2002) was the top American fighter ace in Europe during World War II, a jet fighter ace in Korea, and a career officer in the United States Air Force with more than 26 years service.
Although best known for his credited destruction of 34.5 aircraft in aerial combat and being one of only seven U.S. pilots to become an ace in two wars, Gabreski was also one of the Air Force`s most accomplished leaders. In addition to commanding two fighter squadrons, Gabreski had six command tours at group or wing level, including one in combat in Korea, totalling over eleven years of command and fifteen overall in operational fighter assignments.
After his Air Force career, Gabreski headed the Long Island Rail Road, a commuter railroad owned by the State of New York, and struggled in his attempts to improve its service and financial condition. After two and a half years he resigned under pressure and went into full retirement. For more information go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabby_Gabreski

Grouping consist of a 60 page binder with newspaper clippings, magazine articles, photos, letters and 15 signatures of Col.Gabreski.

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