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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 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ussy-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne 77 -
France
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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.
All are buried in the communal cemetery at Ussy-sur-Marne. 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.
Fg Off N W Donnelley RNZAF (KIA)
Sgt S W Ling (KIA)
WO2 J K Johnson RCAF (KIA)
Fg Off D I Grant RNZAF (KIA)
Sgt R T W Harwood (KIA)
WO J F R Tate (KIA)
Sgt T F Frogley DFM (KIA)
Sources:
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
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Revision history:
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] |