NASM In the skies high above Germany on November 26, 1943, Major Gabby Gabreski was pushing his Republic P-47 Thunderbolt hard. The 56th Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces had been ordered ...

COLONEL "Gabby" Gabreski, who has died aged 83, was America's greatest surviving ace; during the Second World War he achieved a total 31 "kills", and added six and half during the Korean War.

FRANCIS “GABBY” GABRESKI, 83, retired colonel: Gabreski, who for many years was known as “America’s Greatest Living Ace,” has died, his daughter said Friday. Gabreski, who recorded 371/2 ...