Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 14, Number 37, DeMotte, Jasper County, 28 July 1944 — Gabreski Tops Aces [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Gabreski Tops Aces

Lieut. Col. Francis Gabreski secured his 28th German plane when he shot down a Messerschmitt 109 over France, placing him as the top scoring ace in the U. S. air force. He is 25 and a former Notre Dame pre-medic student from Oil City, Pa. His fighter group has a record of 507,