Brosko, Peter Paul (Flying Officer)

61 Squadron (Per Puram Tunantes) Lancaster III aircraft LM 452 QR-T lost during a night operation against Stuttgart, Germany.

Flying Officer PP Brosko (RCAF), Pilot Officer JW Mackie (RCAF), Pilot Officer DF Currie (RCAF), Warrant Officer WR MacPherson (RAF), Sergeant GH Postins (RAF), and Sergeant WJ Smith (RAF) were killed. One Canadian, Sergeant RG McMillan (RCAF), was taken Prisoner of War.

Addendum: - Flying Officer Brosko was seen to parachute to safety near Oberseebach (now Seebach), where he spoke briefly to Georges Rott of Oberseebach and identified himself as Canadian. Shortly after this Flying Officer Brosko was taken in charge by a German Police Officer, Lieutnant Frederick Kramer who took him away in a car. The car was stopped at some point, where Flying Officer Brosko was removed from the car, shot and thrown into a ditch alongside the road.

Flying Officer Brosko's aircraft was shot down by a German night fighter aircraft and crashed near between Oberseebach (now Seebach) and Nierderseebach, France. Detail provided by Raymond G McMillan of Victorville, CA USA with edits provided by Andre Nierengarten of France.

Frederick Kramer (alias Fritz Kromer) was tried for his war crime and executed 1947-01-09 (detail from Paradie Archive)