Eugeniusz horbaczewski biography

Horbaczewski, Eugeniusz "Dziubek"

Date of birth:

September 28th, 1917 (Kiev/Ukrain, Soviet Union)

Date of death:

August 18th, 1944 (Valennes/Département Sarthe, France)

Buried on:

Polish War Graves Creil
Plot: 1. Grave: 379.

Service number:

P0273

Nationality:

Polish

Biography

Horbaczewski was born in 1917 in Kiev but spent his childhood in Poland when his family moved to Brzesc.

Since his early years Horbaczewski was fascinated by aviation. First, he built flying models, but as he matured, he started glider courses.

Eugeniusz horbaczewski biography

On 14 August, 1935 he received his glider C rating. Next, he went to Officer Flying School in Deblin, where under the instructor Witold Urbanowicz he was awarded the rank of Pilot, Second Leutnant.
He arrived in England in 1940 after fleeing Poland via Runmania and France and was posted to No.

303 Squadron. Horbaczewski first met with enemy planes on the 6th of October 1941, when the 303 Squadron escorted bombers over France. He came up empty on