Albert Hubert Debacker Sr

Military
media-21234.jpeg UPL 21234 1st Lt. Joseph C Engelbreit



Joseph C Engelbreit

*Photo taken by Lt. William P. Dumas - combat photographer for the 355th FG

Object Number - UPL 21234 - 1st Lt. Joseph C Engelbreit

Assigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) patrol in P-51C 42-103009; engine failure prompted bale out SE Orleans, France Evaded (EVD). MACR 7729.



Had mechanical failure and crashed near Orleans on 1 Aug 44 in P-51 42-103009 .Shot down while strafing Aug 1, 1944. Suffered severe head injury and knee injury. Had temporary amnesia with no recollection of the events of that day until he recovered consciousness at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon in a French farmyard. Made contact with Maquis.



Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Topeka, KS 18 October 1920 Son of Arthur A and Rosalia [Csitkovits] Debacker.

Enlisted

Fort Riley, KS 28 May 1942 Fort Riley, Kansas

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

France 19 April 1944 - 1 August 1944 Assigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Baled out EVD

SE of Orleans, France 1 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) patrol in P-51C 42-103009; engine failure prompted bale out SE Orleans, France Evaded (EVD) MACR 7729

Other

Discharged USAAF

24 June 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Topeka, KS 9 January 2004

Buried

Mount Calvary Cemetery Topeka, Shawnee County, KS Mount Calvary Cemetery Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Date
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Sources

1996 355TH FG Assoc. Directory ;
MACR 7729;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 7729 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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