Missing in Action: The Accra WACs
Pfc. Rose Brohinsky is briefly mentioned in the article, published in a Miami newspaper. News on the crash didn't circulate in the United States until approximately a week after the accident after the initial search for the aircraft was called off.
Their Stories: Pfc. Rose Brohinsky
In her oral history interview in 1986, Betty Griebel recounted how she was originally supposed to be on the third flight out of Accra; however, she and her roommate, Dottie, had packed their supplies together to allow for more room, but transfer papers assigned them to different aircraft. When they discovered that Pfc. Rose Brohinsky and her roommate were facing the same dilemma, Cpl. Griebel and Pfc. Brohinsky went to operations and asked permission to switch flights.
Rose was a dress model in New York City before enlisting in the Women's Army Corps. In the 1202d, she served as a radio technician. Having swapped with Griebel, she never made it to her next assignment in London. Griebel took the earlier flight originally intended for Brohinsky and did not discover what happened until hours after safely landing in France.
