Date: 8th August 1940 (Thursday)
Unit: 600 Squadron
Type: Blenheim MK 1F
Serial: L8665
Coded: BQ-A
Location: English Channel, Ramsgate
Pilot: F/O. Dennis Neve Grice 70266 R.A.F.V.R. Age 28. Killed
Air/Gnr: Sgt. Francis John Keast 801399 R.A.A.F. Age 31. Killed
Obs: AC 1st Cl. John Benjamin William Warren 628804 R.A.F. Age 19. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Based in Manston. The Blenheim L8665 was shot down by Obl. Sprick of III Group of JG26 at 11.55hrs over Ramsgate.
The pilot managed to continue to fly clear of Ramsgate town but later crashed into the English Channel. All the crew were killed.
Painting of a 600 Squadron Blenheim
Left: F/O. Dennis Grice and right: A.C. 1st Class John Warren
Burial Details:
F/O. Dennis Neve Grice 70266 R.A.F.V.R
Son of Neve J. and Ethel Agnes, husband of Margaret of Ealing, Middlesex.
Sgt. Francis John Keast 801399 R.A.A.F.
Son of Arthur and Ann of Swalecliffe.
AC 1st Cl. John Benjamin William Warren 628804 R.A.F
Son of Jeffery and Maud Ethel of Chelmsford, Essex
With thanks to the following: Bill Chorley - "Bomber Command Losses", Martin Middlebrook "Bomber Command War Diaries", the C.W.G.C.
