Borreck, Hans Joachim, born 05-06-1923, in Berlin. 
A very exciting period in Germany’s history, as on 05-06-1923, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party 
although were still a small, regional radical group based in Munich. They were not a major political force in Berlin yet. Hitler did not attempt to overthrow the national government in Berlin until his failed coup later that year in November. On the 08-11-1923, Hitler attempted to pull off a military coup and overthrow the Weimar Republic. This was called the Munich Putsch , although it is sometimes referred to as the Beer Hall Putsch. 
The Beer Hall Putsch was put down by authorities. Its ringleaders, including Adolf Hitler, were arrested. Hitler was convicted of high treason in April 1924 and sentenced to five years in prison. 
He was released in December that same year and in 1933 became the leader of Germany. He started a war on 01-09-1939, beginning in Poland. 
Just two days later, on 03-09-1939, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany.
Hans Joachim as so many young German boys joined Hitler’s army and he was a member of the German Luftwaffe as a fighter pilot. Hans Joachim became a pilot in the famous Jagdgeschwader 26 “Schlageter” 
under command of Hauptmann Emil “Bully” Lang 
Borreck was shot down on 03-09-1944 along with Emil Lang and Alfred Gross 
. A promising Nachwuchs, and Lang’s wingman, he made a forced landing at another Belgian field and caught a ride to Düsseldorf. Gross bailed out, badly wounded, but never returned to JG-26. Lang was killed in an inverted dive, hitting the ground and exploding ia a fireball, The victors were P-51s of 55th FG, 338th FS. One known early victory, a Spitfire 
at Fauville-en-Caux on 17-08-1944. Another, a P-51 at Beauvais-Tille on 18-08-1944. A P-47, later the same day, at Clermont. His 4th, a P-51 at Dinxperlo on 17-09-1944 (Perry Claims). Alfred Gross survived the war and passed away 19-09-1947, age 27, in Tönning/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
On 06-11-1944 Borreck’s plane was hit near Dueren by AA fire from the 555th AA Bn, shortly after downing his 6th, a P-47 
at low altitude. Anti-aircraft (AA) fire, often called Flak (from the German Flugabwehrkanone), was used to defend troops, cities, and ships from enemy planes. It ranged from heavy, high-altitude artillery that exploded near targets to rapid-fire machine guns designed to shred aircraft at close range. The 555th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (Mobile), often called the “Five-by-Five”, was an elite WWII unit attached to the 104th Infantry Division. 
They fought across Europe from October 1944 to April 1945, notably liberating the Nordhausen concentration camp, also known as the Mittelbau-Dora and Boelcke-Kaserne. 
This camp, was a horrific Nazi forced-labor complex in Thuringia, Germany. Established in late 1943, it forced thousands of prisoners to dig underground tunnels for V-2 rockets. Many died from brutal conditions. U.S. troops liberated the surviving victims in April 1945.
As most of the camps of the Mittelbau system were completely evacuated, there were not many prisoners left to be liberated by the Allies. Only some small subcamps, mostly containing Italian POWs, were not evacuated. The SS 
also left several hundred sick prisoners at Dora and in the Boelcke-Kaserne. They were freed when US troops (consisting of the 3rd Armored Division, 
the 104th Infantry Division, and the 9th Infantry Division under command of Major General Louis Aleck. Craig 
) reached Nordhausen on 11-04-1945. There were also around 1,300 dead prisoners at the barracks.
Death and burial ground of Hauptman Borreck, Hans Joachim.
His 6th victory, a P-47 of 36FG, 22FS at Gey, SW of Düren, on 06-11-1944, age 21, just minutes before his death, as he was hit by 555th Anti-Aircraft Artillery.
At the spot of his crash their is a remembrance monument 
Hans Joachim Borreck died 06-11-1944, age 21, as he was hit by 555th Anti-Aircraft Artillery. He was buried at the German War Cemetery Vossenack, Simonskaller Strasse. 800, 52393 Hürtgenwald, Germany.
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