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[WWII 1943, Gabreski GSAP & on ground in P47 Thunderbolt, 03Sep43 & 26Nov43]
Intertitle: Combat Film U.S. No. 371. Maj. F.S. Gabreski 56 F.G. 61 sqdn 03Sep43 Attacking F.W. 190.
06:13:29 Guns firing, hits, plane explodes.
06:13:43 Intertitle: Film No. 822. Gabreski. 26Nov43 Attacking 2 M.E. 110's.
06:13:46 From above, guns firing at ME 110, pieces of plane falling as Gabrreski comes in close from behind.
06:14:09 P47 fighter airplane taxiing past.
06:14:21 MCU Gabreski in P47 cockpit w/ 27 German missions below, waves; taxiis forward, parked planes & hangars BG.
06:14:56 MCU crew member on wing showing Gabreski another swastika kill sticker, licks & puts on plane.
for number 28.
06:15:15 CU block & rope in front of landing gear, rope pulls. CU two airmen taking still pictures. MCU P47 w/ 27 mission stickers on plane; Col. Gabreski climbs into cockpit, 2 ground crew assist in adjusting straps, barracks in bg.
06:16:09 Lt. Col. Gabreski shuts off motor, ground crew, some on bicycles, run to P47, 2 (Staff Sgt. Ralph Safford, crew chief & the assistant crew chief) climb up to cockpit, congratulate pilot & assist him out; crew wave & shake his hand. MCS he gets down & walks, followed by others.
06:17:05 MLS P47 w/ belly tank hangars & quonset huts bg starts engine & ground crew man pulls block from landing gear, P47 taxis forward, past stack of belly tanks in bg.
1943; GSAP; WW2 Hero; Celebrity; 56th Fighter Group, 61st Fighter Squadron; Air Ace;
NOTE: On 26Nov43 Gabreski recorded his fourth & fifth kills near Oldenburg, Germany; was one of only seven US pilots to become an ace in two wars; was also a jet fighter ace in Korea.