Kingsley Grove, Nunsthorpe
June 1943 · Grimsby, Lincolnshire
View this record on the map →- Date
- June 1943
- Record type
- Historic bombing site
- Bomb type
- parachute-mine
- Casualties
- 1
- Location
- Grimsby, Lincolnshire
- Position accuracy
- Confirmed event, street-derived point (exact date within the clearance period not specified in sources)
What happened
One of the butterfly bombs scattered across Grimsby and Cleethorpes on 13–14 June 1943 came down on Kingsley Grove in the Nunsthorpe estate, fatally injuring an air raid warden.
Casualty note
An ARP warden was fatally injured after reportedly disturbing an unexploded butterfly bomb on Kingsley Grove.
Also worth knowing
Part of the wider Grimsby & Cleethorpes butterfly bomb raid — see the area record. Bomb type recorded as 'parachute-mine' to match the site's schema for the SD-2 butterfly bomb; see the Canon Ainslie School record for the same note. The warden is not named in the source used.