pamthomas
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Re the original question in this thread  , I was speaking at the weekend to someone who also lived down Wyberton West Road, but as he's a bit older than RedRoger, Ron can remember a little more about the war.
Ron says that there was a bomb dropped in a grassfield on Mr H Blyth's farm in Wyberton West End Road. (i.e. the road you turn left into at the end of Wyberton West Road). Didn't write this bit down but the way it was told, the bomb didn't explode, because Ron said that they had a job to dig the bomb out because it was in running silt.
Don't know if this was in the same incident, but some incendaries were dropped near the end of the lane that leads to what was Wyberton West Hospital.
A cousin told me that a bomb was dropped behind number 28 Church Road which backed onto some wood sheds. The bomb blew the roof off a wood shed onto the bungalow.
This may be linked to the afore-mentioned Grantham bombings, but Ron also said that a German bomber which had been shot at Grantham crash-landed in Pilleys Lane (Boston), and the pilot asked if Jack Mather was still at the White Hart Hotel. Just realised that I forgot to ask Ron if Jack confirmed that he knew the pilot.  Will try to remember next time I'm on the phone.
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tup1
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In regards to the bombing of Marco's and the propeller in the book "Grantham in Focus"volume 2 there is a picture and small writeup it says.
Members of BMARCo Home Guard who shot down a Junkers bomber in 1941 which had attacked their Springfield Road factory.The plane crashed at Frampton,near Boston,and subsequently presented to the factory.It hung on the wall until the social club was refurbished in the 1970s and the propeller was sold for scrap.
Kathy
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David Layne
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Thanks Kathy. I find it hard to believe they sold the propeller for scrap!
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tup1
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Sorry forgot to say propeller was presented to factory not plane 
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tup1
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I quite agree with you at the time there was a lot of comment about it but of course once its scrapped its too late.
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Geoff-E
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So underage binge drinking is nothing new then?
That would be sweet Martini and lemonade, would it? How sophisticated Boston was, even in those days! 
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