Bombs in Yarmouth
Unexploded bomb in Admiralty Road
Great Yarmouth Museums
Unexploded bomb in Fredrick Road, Gorleston
Great Yarmouth Museums
Photographs of unexploded bombs in the 1940s
By Paul Douch
German air raids targeted Great Yarmouth for the first time in summer 1940. Most bombing raids on the town occurred in 1941. 800 high explosive bombs were dropped that year. Some which failed to explode are shown in the photographs.
The bomb in Admiralty Road landed near Johnson's Clothing factory in the early hours of June 5.
The 4000-pound bomb which fell in Fredrick Road, Gorleston on June 12 was one of three in a raid which killed the occupants of the Tramway public house.
With acknowledgment to Great Yarmouth and Gorleston: front line town by Colin Tooke (Tookes Books, 1999)
Do you have any memories of these raids, and of the people who took part in the bomb disposal work?