Butterfly bombs were everywhere!
Following the Luftwaffe raid in the early hours of 14th June 1943, butterfly bombs could be found anywhere in Grimsby and Cleethorpes.
Following the Luftwaffe raid in the early hours of 14th June 1943, butterfly bombs could be found anywhere in Grimsby and Cleethorpes.

WW2 butterfly bomb fragments

‘Butterfly bomb’ lodged in a hedge c1943

Butterfly bomb wings from the Grimsby area raid on 14th June 1943

An original piece of a Butterfly Bomb dropped on the boundary of Grimsby and Cleethorpes in June 1943

Relic shell of a WW2 ‘butterfly bomb’ bomblet from Grimsby; totally inert 1943

German markings on a wing of a butterfly bomb dropped on Grimsby on 14th June 1943