The Cold War-era, R.A.F. English Electric Lightning crashed a few miles from Grimsby in April 1968. The crash occurred shortly after the aircraft had taken off from R.A.F. Binbrook. The pilot was sadly killed.
An Imagined Blue Plaque for Fred Bacon (1874–1966), Founder of Grimsby, Cleethorpes and District YMCA
Grimsby
“I wrote about this being my grandfather's boat - he was the engineer. It was first registered as INS 11 and is pronounced Pit-gay-vnay not Pit-gav-enny.”
Libby Lamb, 21 October 2026
“My grandfather was the engineer on this drifter when she was fishing out of Lossiemouth and then working as a minesweeper at Scapa Flow from 1915.”
Libby Lamb, 20 October 2026
“Stuart sent me a framed photo of the above photo. He was a dear friend of many years through first knowing his dear wife and lovely son.It is with great saddnessto learn of Stuarts death we emailed regularly ,he was a humble lovely person.I am chronically sick and bedbound ,Stuart's emails were always a pleasure to read and reply to.He was a nan of great integrity and humilityand the world has been better for him being part of itHow lovely ifa BleuePlaque could be erected fir himit is richly deserved.A lovely man who will be n greatly missed”
Cathy James, 19 October 2026
Cold war era; Lightning crash near Grimsby 1968
English Electric Lightning_f3_xr713_1976_GaCM
The 25th Anniversary of the English Electric Lightning, Binbrook 1979
Cold War; Gloster Meteor F.8, WF654 at RAF Binbrook 1969
Perspex from a Grimsby area Avro Lancaster crash site
‘Elly-C’ BN.12 sunk at moorings at Grimsby c1987
