Word: gabreski
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Dates: during 1944-1944
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...supervised it from the messhalls to the flying line, never tired at the job of training good crews and airmen. Heading into battle, his invariable command was "Follow me." Among his many ace proteges (at one time there were 30 in his group) were Lieut. Colonel Francis S. Gabreski (28 enemy planes), Major Robert Johnson (27), and Major Walker Mahurin (21), all of whom became more famed than the man who showed them...
...told home folks at Poplar, Wis. that he was through with combat flying. Lieut. General George Kenney had grounded him "because he didn't want to see me get killed." Major Bong settled down to a quiet life at gunnery school, while in Europe Lieut. Colonel Francis S. Gabreski shot down 28 planes, passing Bong's record. (Later, Gabreski was captured...
...City, Pa., was ready to welcome home its hero, 25-year-old Lieut. Colonel Francis Gabreski, top-scoring Thunderbolt pilot of the Eighth Air Force and top U.S. ace. Gabby's fiancée, pretty Kay Cochran, 20, had made all the plans for a wedding...
Scheduled to go home on August 1, hawk-faced Colonel Gabreski went on working as an extra-duty volunteer on his old job-bomber-escort, strafing missions, other fighter pilot's miscellany...
...Gabreski's 28th victory, Wing Commander James Edgar ("Johnny'') Johnson, leading R.A.F. ace, batted down two more enemy planes to bring his score...