Date:	Wednesday 19 July 1944
Time:	01:12 claim
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:	619 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PB245
MSN:	PG-Z
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Ussy-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne 77 -   France
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Dunholme Lodge
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Took off from RAF Dunholme Lodge at 22:58 to bomb a ralway junction at Revigny-sur-Ornain.

The aircraft was shot down by Hptm. Heinz-Horst Hissbach of the 5./NJG 2, who had taken off from Coulommiers airfield in a Junkers Ju 88; crashing at Ussy-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne), 4 km WNW from la Ferte-sous-Jouarre.

Sgt Frogley had gained an immediate DFM for displaying great coolness in the face of persistent night fighter attacks during recent operations. Details of his award were published 29 August 1944.

Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Norman Wilfred Donnelley RNZAF NZ/422269 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Samuel Wardley Ling RAFVR 1427911 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer James Kitchener Johnson RCAF J/88546 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Donald Irving Grant RNZAF NZ/405253 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Rupert Thomas William Harwood RAFVR 178759 (NCO:1322764 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 15 August, 1944) [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Warrant Officer John Frederick Russell Tate RAFVR 1378784 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Terence Frederick Frogley DFM RAFVR 1609273 [Killed]

All lie at the Ussy-Sur-Marne Communal Cemetery, France (48.959451 / 3.074456) where the Commonwealth War Graves Commission green plaque is easily seen on Google Earth Street View, however a high surrounding wall prevents a view of the cemetery interior.

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 338.
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=924
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Aug-2013 05:20	JINX	Added
09-Jan-2016 10:00	JIXN	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ]
23-Jun-2016 14:41	Red Dragon	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
09-Oct-2018 18:18	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ]
07-Jun-2021 17:14	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ]
24-Mar-2025 07:43	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]