Author Topic: Any books about Gabreski? (Read 205 times)

OntosMk1 · « **on:** January 20, 2004, 08:29:55 PM »

I was wandering if anyone knew of any good books about the famous P47 ace Gabreski? I'd prefer something on the lines of biographies but right now I'd settle for anything

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 20, 2004, 09:07:48 PM »

He wrote an autobiography.

RightF00T · « **Reply #2 on:** January 20, 2004, 10:09:44 PM »

Yep..can you guess the name?

eh?....Gabreski by Francis Gabreski I believe. The one I read had a green cover with a picture of Gabby sitting on a Jug.

MrCoffee · « **Reply #3 on:** January 21, 2004, 02:45:19 AM »

I havent read any books on Gabreski but I did read P-47 Pilots - Fighter Bomber Boys by Tom Glenn. He aint famous like Gabreski but the book was still a good read.

beet1e · « **Reply #4 on:** January 21, 2004, 03:55:50 AM »

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Originally posted by FUNKED1
He wrote an autobiography.

He did indeed, and I have my own autographed copy which I bought at a WB con in NC in 2000. That was the first time I met funked.

It's called "Gabby - a Fighter Pilot's Life". It's an excellent book. Buy it and read all of it. Available from Amazon. Too late to get a signed copy, I'm afraid.

Some interesting bits:

Favourite P47 was the D25
Was known to "vulch"
Was on his way home to the US from RAF Valley, but heard about a mission he just HAD to do - got too close to the ground, prop strike, ditch, became a POW
Maintained a strong faith in the Roman Catholic Church
Married a girl he met during the war when she was 16

It's amazing that Gabby survived, fighting in two wars and being shot at and taking hits. His wife used to worry about him, and yet she was the one to die first, as a result of a car accident in 1993. The biggest tragedy of Gabby's life by far.

Eagler · « **Reply #5 on:** January 21, 2004, 06:21:02 AM »

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Originally posted by beet1e
He did indeed, and I have my own autographed copy which I bought at a WB con in NC in 2000. That was the first time I met funked.

It's called "Gabby - a Fighter Pilot's Life". It's an excellent book. Buy it and read all of it. Available from Amazon. Too late to get a signed copy, I'm afraid.

Some interesting bits:
Favourite P47 was the D25
Was known to "vulch"
Was on his way home to the US from RAF Valley, but heard about a mission he just HAD to do - got too close to the ground, prop strike, ditch, became a POW
Maintained a strong faith in the Roman Catholic Church
Married a girl he met during the war when she was 16
It's amazing that Gabby survived, fighting in two wars and being shot at and taking hits. His wife used to worry about him, and yet she was the one to die first, as a result of a car accident in 1993. The biggest tragedy of Gabby's life by far. [/B]

great book