COL. FRANCIS “GABBY” GABRESKI, a life member since 1944, who for many years was known as “America’s Greatest Ace.” Gabby shot down 31 Nazi planes in World War II and became an ace in Korea for a total of 37 kills. He also served as the senior American Officer of North Three Compound in the German prisoner-of-war camp Stalag Luft I at Barth, Germany from September 1944 to May 1945.