Bob Goebel was born February 28th in Racine, Wisconsin.  In 1942 he left Racine, at the age of nineteen,  and he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He received his flight training at temporary bases in Corsicana, Greenville, and McAllen, Texas. By the time Goebel was deployed in combat, the Air Force had become a separate branch of the military, and in the Spring of 1944 he joined the 31st Fighter Group in San Severo, Italy and assigned  to the new P-51 Mustang.  During a period of just six months, beginning in April 1944, Goebel completed sixty-one missions and scored eleven victories, earning him the coveted status of a double ace. His decorations include the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross with 1 oak leaf cluster, and the Air Medal with 17 oak leaf clusters.  He married his high school sweetheart after the war and they had nine children.  They lived in Wisconsin where he served as a commander in the National Guard.    Later he moved his family to California and headed a team working on the Titan II rocket launch vehicle for the Gemini space program.  He passed away  February 20th 2001 in Torrance California.  This wonderful book details his war time experiences  being a Mustang double ace and the men he flew with and against.

This book Mustang Ace is in New condition.  It has been stored and not read.  It was purchased at a book singing in either late 1991 or 1992 in Tustin, California.  It was published in 1991. The following four signatures on the bookplate are:

Captain Bob Goebel 11 Victories Double Ace
Major General (Ret.) Charles M “Sandy” McCorkle 11 Victories Double Ace
Major James L Brooks 13 1/2 Victories Double Ace
Captain Walter J Goehauser Jr 10 Victories Double Ace