GOOD, John Dickinson

(birth registered as Dickinson Good, after his grandfather)

1775230 Aircraftman 1st Class, R.A.F. (Volunteer Reserve), 4270 A.A. Flight

Born 1916, Grimsby

Died 14/06/1943, Age 27, General Hospital, Grimsby

Son of George Dickinson Good, an engineer, and Elizabeth Good (nee Pearson)

Brother of George (b 1918), Betty (b 1920) and Bernard (b 1921)

Mother Lizzie died in 1922, age 31

Husband of Edith Good (nee East) of Cleethorpes, married 1940 in Cleethorpes

Address: Elliston Street, Cleethorpes

Given the date of his death and that he died at Grimsby Hospital, it seems likely that (John) Dickinson Good was caught up in the Luftwaffe raids on the Grimsby and Cleethorpes area on 14/06/1943 when butterfly bombs were used for the first time. The raid began in the early hours and in a short space of time 3000 butterfly bombs, 6000 incendiaries, 44 Phosphorus oil bombs, 18 “Firepot” H.E.s, four 1000kg blast bombs plus other smaller bombs had been dropped. At the worst, there were more than 300 separate fires burning at the same time and eighty businesses were burned out on the docks.

At the time, the raid received virtually no coverage at all in the media, as the Home Office had ordered that nothing must leak out about the success of the raid, which in one night accounted for half the total number of deaths in the area during the whole of World War Two. The butterfly bombs caused terror because of their unpredictability. Some exploded on impact, but others lay in wait for their anti-disturbance fuse to be triggered. A massive search was carried out after the raid, involving 10,000 personnel, which was finally declared complete nearly three weeks later.

Rod Collins' website contains a list of many of the people killed in air raids during World War Two

http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/a-list-of-people-killed-in-air-raids-on-grimsby