Paul Wellington Brosey was born on March 27, 1924, in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Wellington H. Brosey and Stella Baughman Brosey. He graduated from McCaskey High School and enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces on November 24, 1942. He received radio training at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, followed by gunnery training at Harlingen Army Air Field in Texas, where he earned his aerial gunner's wings. In February 1944, he was deployed overseas and initially stationed in North Africa for a short period before being transferred to England, where he joined a bomber squadron. He served in the 784th Bomb Squadron, 466th Bomb Group, Heavy, as a Technical Sergeant and Radio Operator of B-24H #42-52596 nicknamed ''Mammy Yokum'' during World War II.

On April 8, 1944, B-24H Liberator Mammy Yokum, piloted by Second Lieutenant Robert E. Bryans, was shot down over Germany while participating in a combat mission with the United States Eighth Air Force. Operating from RAF Attlebridge in Norfolk, England, the aircraft came under attack from a German Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 fighter while flying over northern Germany. The Liberator sustained fatal damage and crashed approximately two kilometers north of Lehmbruch, south of Diepholz, Germany, although some historical records associate the crash with the Oldenburg area. Of the ten crew members aboard, six were killed in action, while the remaining four successfully parachuted from the stricken bomber. The survivors were subsequently captured by German forces and held as prisoners of war.

TSgt Brosey was Killed in Action and is now buried in the Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA.

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