Grossey, Raymond Charles
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Raymond Charles |
Surname | Grossey |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 04-09-1939 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles Albert Grossey, and of Louisa Beatrice Grossey, of Kentish Town, London. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Bristol Blenheim IV |
Serial Number | N6199 |
Markings | VE- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 1. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 174 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 516460 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 110 (Hyderabad) |
Trade | Pilot/ Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Northern Perimeter of Airfield, Wattisham, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with Inscribed Stone Tablets |
Memorial Text | This memorial is dedicated to RAF Wattisham, AAF Station 377 and AAF Station 470 from 1939 - 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
He was on attachment from 42 Squadron, a Coastal Command unit based at nearby Bircham Newton |
Qualified as a Pilot and was subsequently sent on a Navigation course. In this instance he was flying as Navigator. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-09-1939 |
End Date | 04-09-1939 |
Takeoff Station | Wattisham |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Attack enemy ships at Wilhelmshaven |
Reason for Loss | Fifteen Blenheim aircraft from 110 Squadron weregiven orders to attack German warships in the harbour at Wilhelmshaven on Germany's north coast. The first wave of aircraft took the Germans by surprise but as this aircraft attacked in the second wave, return German fire hit his aircraft and he crashed into the bow of the warship "Emden". |