Robert Vincent Brossmer

Military

media-40536.jpeg UPL 40536 Robert V. Brossmer

Kirkup

Object Number - UPL 40536 - Robert V. Brossmer

Joined RCAF, service pilot training at Spartan Aviation College, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 133 squadron from October 28, 1941 to December 1, 1941 then 121 Squadron from late March 1942 to May 4, 1942. He was last seen when his plane went down in an attack on occupied France Killed in Action (KIA) 4-5-42. Robert Brossmer's Eagle Squadron uniform and his Boy Scout uniform are preserved in a private museum on Long Island New York

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Units served with

No 121 'Eagle' Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

AD460

Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Unit: No 121 'Eagle' Squadron

Places

Kirton-in-Lindsey

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Died		4 May 1942	Last seen when his plane went down in an attack on occupied France Killed in Action (KIA) 4-5-42.
Buried	Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Surrey, Uk		Name recorded on Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Surrey, UK.
Other Joined RCAF	Canada		Joined Royal Canadian Air Force.
Other Service pilot training	Tulsa, OK, USA		Service pilot training at Spartan Aviation College.
Other Shipped overseas	Merseyside, UK		Shipped overseas to ETO
Other Operational training	Great Britain, United Kingdom		Operational training at OTU. Conversion to Hurricane and Spitfires.
Other Assigned	Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire DN21, UK		Assigned to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF October 28th, 1941 to December 1, 1941 then to 52 OTU for further training. Finally to 121 Squadron from late March 1942 to May 4, 1942
	New York City		Lived in New Jersey, USA.
Born			Born in the Bronx, New York City, New York March 1915