Francis S. Gabreski (1919–2002)
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Wikimedia Commons (U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency)
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Gabreski, Francis S.
- Nom légal
- Gabreski, Francis Stanley
- Autres noms
- Franciszek Gabryszewski
Gabby - Date de naissance
- 1919-01-28
- Date de décès
- 2002-01-31
- Lieu de sépulture
- Calverton National Cemetery, New York, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Huntington, New York, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Dix Hills, New York, USA
- Études
- University of Notre Dame
Parks Air College
Columbia University (BA|Political Science)
Air War College - Professions
- fighter pilot
- Organisations
- US Army Air Force (1940-1946)
Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California, USA ( [1946, 1947])
US Air Force (1947-1967)
Grumman Aerospace ( [1967, 1978])
President of Long Island Rail Road (1978-1981) - Prix et distinctions
- Received the key to the city from San Francisco Mayor Elmer E. Robinson (1952)
National Aviation Hall of Fame (1978)
Suffolk County Airport, Westhampton Beach, New York,was renamed Francis S. Gabreski Airport in 1991
Funeral on February 6 2002 was with full military honors and included an honor guard and firing detail from McGuire AFB, missing man formation flyover by F-15E Strike Eagles from the 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. - Courte biographie
- One of the few pilots to become an ace in two wars (World War II and the Korean War). He was also a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft 1 during WWII. As the eighth jet ace in aerial history, Gabreski had a combined score of 37.5 enemy aircraft destroyed (34.5 aerial victories) during WWII and Korea.
