Dragon Wings 1/72 USAF P-47D "HV-A" 61st FS, 56th FG FRANCIS "GABBY" GABRESKI (50265)

Dragon Wings 1/72 USAF P-47D "HV-A" 61st FS, 56th FG FRANCIS "GABBY" GABRESKI (50265) | Antics Online

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Dragon Wings 1/72 USAF P-47D "HV-A" 61st FS, 56th FG FRANCIS "GABBY" GABRESKI (50265)
The model fighter plane is resplendent in the markings of the USAAF???s famous 61st Fighter Squadron of the 56th Fighter Group, with such delicate touches as a red-striped spinner. This incredibly detailed scale model shows fifteen German ???kill marks??? on the fuselage. In fact, ???Gabby??? was to reach thirty-one kills (28 aerial, and 3 on the ground) before he was shot down on 20 July1944 and forced to spend the rest of the war in a German POW camp. At the time this made him the highest scoring ace of the war, although several others were to pass his tally by the end of WWII. Later he also added another 6.5 kills during the Korean War. The detailing, the painting and the markings on this P-47D Thunderbolt are exemplary, this fine Warbirds forms a fitting tribute to this famous ace who passed away in 2000

By the time of his retirement from active Air Force service in 1967, Francis S. ???Gabby??? Gabreski had flown more combat missions than any other American pilot. This highly decorated Polish-American pilot flew in both WWII and the Korean War, in planes as diverse as the Spitfire Mark IX, the P-47D Thunderbolt, and the F-86 Sabre. As the subject of its latest release, Dragon Warbirds has fittingly chosen a P-47D-11-RE flown by Lt.Col. Gabreski.

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