Paul W Brosey

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-14068.jpeg UPL 14068 Robert E. Bryans Crew
Crew #410
466th BG - 784th BS

Standing Left to Right: Robert E. Bryans (P), Walter M. Hatcher (CP), Joseph J. Brunner (N), Phillip Carroll (B)

Kneeling Left to Right: John L. Karatkiewicz (FE), Edward Whaley (RWG), Paul W. Brosey (R/O), Theodore G. Pung (BTG), Walter D. Bosserman (G), John Bednarski (G) 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 14068 - Robert E. Bryans Crew Crew #410 466th BG - 784th BS Standing Left to Right: Robert E. Bryans (P), Walter M. Hatcher (CP), Joseph J. Brunner...

Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252596 'Mammy Yokum. ' Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O 801537
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Mammy Yokum
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Harrisburg, PA, USA 24 November 1942

Born

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Brunswick, Germany 8 April 1944

Buried

Lancaster, PA, USA Cedar Lawn Cemetery Lancaster Lancaster County Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Section E 114 Space 2

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3846 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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