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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.
“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
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
