The Bay Museum is a friendly museum situated on Canvey Island. Based in a degaussing station, it now offers a wealth of artefacts, books and displays focusing on both local and world military history. Open from 10am till 4pm, the museum also organises trips to France and Belgium to experience the battlefields first hand, as well as helping you research your own family military histories. The museum is run by volunteers who always warmly welcome visitors and are never short of a war story!
Corovarus pandemic Bay Museum partial reopening.
With effect from 1st August 2020 the Bay Museum will be partially reopening.
On account of the small size of the building and the age of the curatorial staff the Bay Museum can be opened on a pre booked appointment basis only.
All visitors must wear a face mask and gloves. Each group should also have hand sanitizers.
Only one group to a maximum of six in total can be allowed in the museum at any one time.
To arrange your appointment please phone 07899 674630 at least 48 hours and preferably longer before your proposed visit to ensure we have the staff available.
As the Museum will appear shut please phone when parking so that we will know that you have arrived and we can open the door for you.
Air Raid Damage Reports Brentwood Division Essex Fire Service 17 September 1940.
Date Time Location Damage
17/09/1940 00.01 Childerditch 1 – H.E. exploded 200 yards East of Church, also
12 I.Bs in the vicinity and 1 Oil I.B. burnt out in a field 20 yards East of Childerditch Road opposite the Church. No casualties. Windows broken in the Rectory.
17/09/1940 Hadleigh 1 – H.E. exploded and 2 Oil I.Bs failed on Marshes.
50 yards from sea wall and 150 yards West of Fambridge Ferry Steps. Also 7 I.Bs between Droughton, Seymour, London & Chelmsford Road. No damage or casualties.
17/09/1940 00.30 Hadleigh I.Bs (a number) at “Olaf” Woodfield Road &
vicinity. Slight damage to property. No casualties.
17/09/1940 03.00 North 2 – H.Es exploded in a field at rear of “Homewood”
Benfleet Thistle Drive & adjoining South View Avenue. 1 Bungalow badly & others slightly damaged. No casualties.
17/09/1940 03.00 Langdon 5 – H.Es 3 exploded in fields at junction Lewooton
Hills Land & 2 unexploded at rear of Fobbing Farm. No damage or casualties.
17/09/1940 03.30 Bowers 1 – H.E. exploded and 1 I.B. burnt out in a
Gifford field, 150 yards from Arterial Road in Church Road. No damage or casualties.
17/09/1940 04.25 Canvey 6 – H.Es exploded, 2 at Westwick Farm, 2 at
Island Hole Haven Creek and 2 H.Es and 1 Oil I.B. burnt out 50 yards of land side of sea wall, 1 mile North of Lobster Smack. Also a large number of I.Bs near No 8 Gun Site and at Dutch Village. Damage to property. 2 slight casualties at Winter Gardens.
17/09/1940 Pilgrims 1 – H.E. exploded near The Forge Coxtie Green
Hatch Road. Overhead electric and telephone cables down. No casualties.
17/09/1940 04.30 Nevendon 2 – H.Es exploded, 1 at Romford Farm and 1
opposite the Post Office. Slight damage to property. No casualties.
17/09/1940 North 2 – A.A. unexploded Shells, 1 is 150 yards North
Benfleet and 1 1/4 mile North West of “Mona-Bene” Holmfield Avenue. No damage or casualties.
17/09/1940 Billericay Three cows electrocuted due to drifting Barrage
Balloon fouling electric cables.
17/09/1940 South 1 – A.A. unexploded Shell in the garden of
Benfleet “Rosemead” London Road. No damage or casualties.
17/09/1940 04.30 Pitsea 1 – H.E. exploded in a field at Blue House Farm 20
yards North of Railway and 300 yards West of Church Road. No damage or casualties.
17/09/1940 Ingrave 1 – H.E. unexploded in Old Hall Wood Thorndon
Park near Hatch Farm (believed fell 12th). No damage or casualties. Not dealt with 23.7.41
17/09/1940 04.45 North I.Bs (a number) near North Benfleet Hall Bardfields
Benfleet Farm Smith’s Farm, Fanton Hall & Cotswold Farm. No damage or casualties.
17/09/1940 05.55 South 4 – H.Es exploded in fields at Jotmans Farm. No
Benfleet damage or casualties.
17/09/1940 09.20 Rayleigh 3 – H.Es exploded in a Nursery off Downs Road. 1
slight casualty. Slight damage to property.
17/09/1940 12.28 Pitsea Body of German Airman found on Marshes behind
the Land Reclamation Works Ltd. Parachute partly open. Rank Captain Ludwig Dethner. Identity Label A.B.L. 51578 Disc 27697
17/09/1940 20.00 Ingrave 1 – H.E. unexploded 500 yards to rear of Thrift
Cottage. Also 1 A.A. unexploded Shell in Thrift Wood behind Thrift Cottage Hanging Wood Lane. No damage or casualties. A.A. B.D.S. 2.12.40?
17/09/1940 20.30 Herongate 1 – Oil I.B. burnt out in garden of “Berrie House”.
No damage or casualties.
17/09/1940 20.50 Shenfield 1 – H.E. exploded in garden of “Clifton House”
Worrin Road. Slight damage to property. No casualties.
17/09/1940 20.50 Ingrave 2 -H.Es exploded near The Rectory. Damage to
property. Electric and telephone cables down. 1 slight casualty.
17/09/1940 21.00 Crays Hill 1 – H.E. exploded in a garden of “Outlands”
Gardeners Lane. Slight damage to property. No casualties.
17/09/1940 21.10 Basildon 1 – H.E. exploded near The Rectory. Water and
Gas mains damaged. Sewer damaged. Slight damage to property. No casualties.
17/09/1940 21.20 Basildon 2 – H.Es unexploded in fields at Bury Farm, 1 West
side of Gardeners Lane, 500 yards North of Arterial Road and 1 120 yards South of Farm. No damage or casualties.
Air Raid Damage Reports Brentwood Division Essex Fire Service 16 September 1940.
Date Time Location Damage
16/09/1940 02.40 South Weald 1 – H.E. unexploded in a field adjoining Spital Lane
1/4 mile from A 12. No damage or casualties. Lane open disposed of B.D.S. 30.3.41.
16/09/1940 Herongate 1 – A.A. unexploded Shell 14 yards from Billericay
Road opposite Mount Thrift Farm. No damage or casualties
16/09/1940 11.55 Foulness 8 – H.Es exploded and about 1000 I.Bs burnt out
Island near Small Gains Farm. No damage or casualties.
16/09/1940 21.30 Canvey 5 – H.Es exploded near No 8 Gun Site of
Island 167th R.A. Battery at Northwick. Slight damage to property, 1 slight casualty (a soldier).
16/09/1940 22.35 Brentwood 1 – A.A. Shell exploded by side of Priests Lane.
Slight damage to property. 1 fatal casualty (Mr Burges)
16/09/1940 23.30 Thundersley 1 – H.E. unexploded in a field at rear of “The
Rookery” Church End. No damage or casualties.
16/09/1940 23.35 Brentwood 5 – H.Es exploded in Mascalls fields. 2 South of
L.N.E.R. and 3 20 yards North of L.N.E.R. 300 yards West of Mascalls Bridge. Telephone wires down on Railway. Damage to property. 4 horses wounded one had to be destroyed.
16/09/1940 23.35 Thundersley 1 – H.E. exploded near Nortons Depository, Bread
& Cheese Hill. Gas main, overhead telephone and electric cables damaged. London Road partly blocked. Depository completely wrecked and a bungalow badly damaged. 1 slight casualty (a female)
16/09/1940 23.40 Thundersley 1 – H.E. unexploded in a field East of “Acacia
Lodge” Mount Road (exploded 08-09 the 17th) No damage or casualties.
16/09/1940 23.45 South 3 – H.Es exploded in a field near Water Tower. No
Benfleet damage or casualties.
16/09/1940 23.55 Thundersley 1 – H.E. unexploded between 2nd & 3rd bungalow
Downer Road, South side of Bread & Cheese Hill. Damage to property and gas main. No casualties.
16/09/1940 23.55 Brentwood 1 – A.A. unexploded Shell in back garden of
Carlton Mansion Warley Hill. No damage or casualties.
16/09/1940 Pitsea 1 – H.E. exploded on Marshes 600 yards North of
Land Reclamation Works. No damage or casualties.
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain has been described as the first major military campaign fought entirely in the air. The Royal Air Force (RAF) defended Britain against large scale attacks by the Luftwaffe, Germany’s air force. The battle’s duration lasted from 10th July 1940 until the 30th October 1940 which was overlapped by the period of The Blitz. Lasting from the 7th September 1940 until the 11th May 1941 the Blitz was an attack of continued night-time bombing operations on Britain when daylight attacks proved to be unsustainable. The Battle of Britain and the Blitz marked the first major defeat of Germany’ military forces when their operations failed to give Germany air superiority over Britain. The planned land invasion of Britain, code-named Operation Sea Lion, was cancelled on 17th September 1940 and was never put into action.
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With the fall of France in June 1940, German dictator Adolf Hitler wanted to humiliate France by having them sign the surrender document in the same carriage and the same siding that Germany had signed the Armistice in 1918. Hitler then turned his attention to Britain where he believed he could attain a swift victory to concentrate on territories to the east. He ordered the occupation of the Channel Islands. On the 28th June 1940 the Germans bombed the islands and full occupation was completed by the 4th July 1940. The Channel Islands were the only part of Britain to be occupied.
On the 2nd July 1940 Hitler ordered the German “High Command of the Armed Forces” to begin preliminary planning for the invasion of Britain code-named Operation Sea Lion. The Luftwaffe bombed the Welsh city of Cardiff on the 3rd, 10th and 12th July 1940 with the dock areas primarily the target as they were the largest coal-port in the world. Cardiff was confirmed as the capital of Wales in 1955.
Further bombing by the Luftwaffe targeting mainly coastal-shipping convoys and ports began on the 10th July1940. The Royal Air Force (RAF) defended the attacks on the south coast. The forthcoming battle took its name from Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s speech to the House of Commons on the 18th June 1940. Churchill’s speech was – “What General Weygand called the Battle of France is over. I expect the Battle of Britain is about to begin”.
Failure to achieve air superiority and bad weather over the Channel resulted in the postponement, on the 5th August 1940, of the invasion of Britain. The Battle of Britain began on the 13th August 1940 when the Luftwaffe began a two week assault which focussed their bombing raids on British airfields and radar stations in preparation for an invasion. German bombers, even though they had fighter escorts, took massive losses when British fighters were waiting for them owing to the information received from their radar stations. Downed RAF pilots on home soil could fight again while German pilots became prisoners of war. By the 15th August 1940 the Luftwaffe abandoned the air attacks on the radar stations to concentrate on RAF bases. They were hampered by poor aircraft range and the British extensive use of radar.
In a speech to the House of Commons on the 20th August 1940 Churchill gave his famous speech about “The Few” referring to the RAF crews who were fighting the Battle of Britain.
On the 25th August 1940 the Luftwaffe bombed St. Giles Cripplegate Church located in the City of London at Moorgate. Whether the bombing was deliberate or not will never be known but the target was well away from any industrial sites. On the 25th August 1940 Churchill ordered the bombing of Berlin as retaliation and on the 26th August 1940 British bombers flew over for the first time. Only superficial damage was done but the raid was a success. Inefficient use of searchlights and anti-aircraft guns enabled the British bombers to return
On the 3rd September 1940 having failed to gain control of the skies over Britain Hitler ordered a postponement of the invasion of Britain. By the 10th September 1940 Hitler agreed the invasion should begin on the 14th September 1940. The navy proposed a revised date of the 24th September 1940 as they did not have sufficient landing craft ready and were waiting for the correct tides in the Channel and hoping for decent weather. In the meantime, the Luftwaffe was instructed to intensify the air raids on Britain. By the 17th September 1940 Hitler was convinced Operation Sea Lion was not viable and therefore postponed the invasion of Britain indefinitely.
On the 10th September 1940 the Corpa Aereo Itataliano (CAI) was formed after Italian dictator Benito Mussolini insisted an element of the Italian Air Force should assist his German ally during the Battle of Britain and the Blitz.
On the night of the 24th /25th October 1940 the Italian Air Force conducted their first raid on Britain when they attacked Harwich and Felixstowe. Their next major operations on the 29th October 1940 when Italian bombers escorted by fighter aircraft bombed Ramsgate.
The Battle of Britain ended on the 31st October 1940 when just 3000 RAF pilots broke the will of the Luftwaffe. The bombing raids were changed from day-light to night-time attacks against London on the 7th September 1940 known as the Blitz.
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BATTLE OF BRITAIN DAY
Battle of Britain Day is given to the day of the large-scale aerial battle that took place on the 15th September 1940. The climax of the Battle of Britain was when the Luftwaffe embarked on a large all-out attack against London where 1,500 aircraft took part in the air battles, which lasted until dusk. The designated annual commemoration of BATTLE OF BRITAIN DAY is therefore the 15th September.
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Air Raid Damage Reports Brentwood Division Essex Fire Service 15 September 1940.
Date Time Location Damage
15/09/1940 14.30 Vange 7 – H.Es unexploded, 1 side of road Claremont
Road, 50 yards South of Clay Hill, 1 in front of “Tolange” Collingwood Road, 1 in garden of “Oaklands” Bull Road, 1 in back garden of “William Cottage” Pitseaville Grove, 1 in orchard at Ravenscourt Drive, 50 yards South of Bull Road, 1 in road outside “St Ives” Rushleigh Drive and 1 in a field off Milemay Road. No damage or casualties. B.D.S. 14.10.40
15/09/1940 14.30 Pitsea 5 – H.Es unexploded, 1 in back garden of
“Kamarhate” Stanley Road, 1 in garden of “Kathleen Villa” Pitsea Road, 1 in garden of “Strathlene” The Avenue (safe 1.10.40) 1 in garden of “Herongate” Northlands Drive. No casualties. (Area declared safe by B.D.S. 26.9.40 Bull Road, Church Road and Clay Hill open) No damage.
15/09/1940 Fambridge 1 – H.E. exploded on the sea wall 1/2 mile to the
rear of Fambridge Hall. No casualties or damage.
15/09/1940 14.30 Pitsea British Hurricane crashed and burnt out at Majolica
Drive. Polish Pilot 302 Squadron from Duxford safe.
15/09/1940 14.36 Langdon German Dornier Bomber crashed and burnt
Hills out at Gladstone Road. Crew 3 dead, 1 baled out and captured at Cory Works Thames Haven.
15/09/1940 14.45 Raweth Flight Lieut. Chopik. No 76691 A Polish
Pilot from Leckonfield killed at Forty Acres. Removed to Southend Municipal Hospital Rochford. No trace of aircraft in this Division.
15/09/1940 14.45 Billericay British Hurricane crashed and burnt out in Smith’s
meadow, 300 yards West of “Archers Hall”. Pilot Officer Hessee bailed out safe.
15/09/1940 14.50 Foulness German Bomber crashed on the mud at Asplins
Island Head. Plane 500 yards from sea wall. Crew 3 injured and 2 uninjured (prisoners),
15/09/1940 14.50 Pitsea 1 – H.E. unexploded on L.M.S. Railway
embankment, 100 yards East of Timberlog Lane Bridge. No damage or casualties.
15/09/1940 15.30 Herongate British Hurricane made a forced landing at the rear
of “The Willows Farm”. Machine and Pilot safe. Short of petrol. Took off at 19-40.
15/09/1940 16.50 Basildon 1 – H.E. unexploded in the garden of “Alicia” Clay
Hill. No damage or casualties. B.D.S. 5.4.41.
15/09/1940 20.25 Basildon 1 – A.A. unexploded Shell in a field opposite
Basildon Hall near “Beresford”. No damage or casualties. (safe 16.12.40).
Air Raid Damage Reports Brentwood Division Essex Fire Service 14September 1940.
Date Time Location Damage
14/09/1940 03.10 Canewdon I.Bs (about 40) on Marshes between Norpits and
RaypitsFarm. No damage or casualties.
14/09/1940 03.30 Bowers 1 – H.E. exploded in back garden of 34 Highlands
Gifford Road Pound Lane. Slight damage to property. No casualties.
14/09/1940 05.20 Canvey 5 – H.Es 1 unexploded in Canvey Island Bus Coy
Island Garage. Leigh Beck, Point Road. Road B 1014 closed and 1 in High Beck School grounds. 1 exploded in the mud and 2 on the sea wall near the Casino. Slight damage to property. No casualties. Safe B.D.S. 4.11.40 road & school open.
14/09/1940 06.00 Vange Barrage Balloon grounded near Vange School.
Telephone and electric cables damaged.
14/09/1940 Lee Chapel 1 – H.E. unexploded in a field off Green Lane. No
damage or casualties,
14/09/1940 Basildon 1 – A.A unexploded Shell 200 yards South East of
junction Gardeners Lane and Basildon Road at Irverns Farm. No damage or casualties.
14/09/1940 Vange 1 – A.A unexploded Shell in garden of “Eden
Lodge” Timberlog Lane. No damage or casualties.
14/09/1940 16.15 Rochford British Spitfire crashed and burnt out in a field
adjoining Rochford Aerodrome 100 yards West of Ann Boleyn P.H. Pilot killed.
14/09/1940 22.00 Hadleigh 2 – H.Es unexploded at the end of Rushbottom
Lane. No damage or casualties.
14/09/1940 22.00 Wickford 1 – H.E. exploded on a bungalow in Rectory Road.
Extensive damage. 1 slight casualty.
14/09/1940 22.05 North 6 – H.Es 1 unexploded opposite junction of Old
Benfleet Harrows Road and Arterial Road, 1 unexploded and 1 I.B. burnt out at Bonvilles Farm. No damage or casualties. Dealt with by B.D.S. 6.3.41
14/09/1940 23.00 Rochford 1 – H.E. exploded in the garden of a house in
Shopland. Slight damage to property (Motor cycle blown onto shed roof). No casualties.
14/09/1940 23.50 Hawkwell 2 – H.Es, 1 unexploded 100 yards West of Church
in a field (exploded at 08.20 the 15.9.40), 1 exploded 250 yards West of the Church. 1 slight casualty. Church spire broken off. Damage to a cottage and overhead electric cables.
14/09/1940 23.59 Little Warley 3 – H.Es exploded in a field 1/4 mile East of Hall
Lane and 500 yards South of Arterial Road. 1 cottage slightly damaged. No casualties.
Air Raid Damage Reports Brentwood Division Essex Fire Service 13 September 1940.
Date Time Location Damage
13/09/1940 11.30 Laindon I.Bs (about 100) at Laindon, Langden Hills and Lee
Chapel. 11 houses slightly damaged and 2 seriously. No casualties
13/09/1940 12.45 East I.Bs (about 50) in a field at the junction of Tilbury
Horndon Road and East Horndon round-a-bout. No damage or casualties.
13/09/1940 12.45 East 5 – H.Es exploded to the rear of a bungalow called
Horndon “Joslyn” Cadogan Avenue. No damage or casualties.
13/09/1940 Basildon 1 – H.E. or A.A. unexploded Shell at Canes Farm.
10 yards from bungalow. No damage or casualties. B.D.S. 6.3.41
13/09/1940 23.25 Hadleigh 1 – H.E. exploded on path at the Post Office at the
junction of Broughton & London Roads. Overhead telephone wires down. Damage to property. Footpath blocked. No casualties.
Air Raid Damage Reports Brentwood Division Essex Fire Service 12 September 1940.
Date Time Location Damage
12/09/1940 03.15 Dunton 12 – I.Bs burnt out in fields adjoining Lower Avenue
and Marylands Chase. No damage or casualties.
12/09/1940 03.15 Nevendon 2 – H.Es unexploded 200 and 250 yards North of
the Arterial Road opposite the Police houses. No damage or casualties.
12/09/1940 Ramsden 1 – H.E. unexploded near De Beavois Chase. No
damage or casualties. B.D.S. 6.3.41
12/09/1940 03.15 North 1 – H.E. unexploded at Brickfields Farm Burnt Mills
Benfleet Road 150 yards from road. No damage or casualties.
12/09/1940 Ramsden 1 – H.E. or A.A. unexploded Shell in back garden
of “Rose Lodge”. No damage or casualties. B.D.S. 6.3.41
12/09/1940 03.48 Rochford I.Bs (a number) in a field at the bottom of Oak
Road 200 yards from Railway. No damage or casualties.
12/09/1940 Rochford 1 – H.E. unexploded 400 yards West of Mucking
Hall Wood. No damage or casualties.
12/09/1940 04.45 Brentwood 1 – A.A. unexploded Shell in the back garden of
Hills Cottage, Warley Mount. No damage or casualties.
12/09/1940 Ingrave 1 – H.E. unexploded in a clover field at Thorndon
Park. No damage or casualties.
Air Raid Damage Reports Brentwood Division Essex Fire Service 11September 1940.
Date Time Location Damage
11/09/1940 00.10 Brentwood I.Bs ( a number) Baptist Chapel, extensive
damage. Shenfield Common, no damage. 120 & 125 High Street, slight damage and 2 unexploded I.Bx Running Water Corner. No damage. Police property, slight damage. London Co-operative Stores, Brandons, Woolworths and Ursuline Convent, serious and extensive damage. Gas Company’s Sports Ground. No damage. Also in fields at Coxtie Green.
11/09/1940 00.10 Coxtie Green 10 – H.Es 2 exploded in fields adjoining Coxtie
Green Road Navestock end. 7 unexploded in the vicinity opposite Oakhurst Farm, 1 unexploded 100 yards from the entrance of Giffords Poultry Farm, slight damage to property. No casualties. Road closed from the White Horse to Wheelers Corner (road open 14.9.40) 5 of the unexploded H.Es exploded B.D.S. 16.10.41.
11/09/1940 00.30 Canvey 6 – H.Es exploded at Hole Haven Creek.
Island No damage or casualties
11/09/1940 01.15 Herongate 4 – H.Es exploded and 1 Oil I.B. burnt out in fields
at Fouchers Farm near Reservoir. No damage or casualties.
11/09/1940 01.30 Dunton 20 – I.Bs burnt out in fields North and South of the
Arterial Road near the Union Jack Café. No damage or casualties.
11/09/1940 02.00 Great Warley 2 – H.Es exploded in a field 1/4 mile West of the
junction Warley Lane and Codham Hall Lane. No damage or casualties.
11/09/1940 16.15 Great British Spitfire crashed and burnt out 200 yards
Burstead South of Will Farm Church Street. Pilot baled out safe at Pipps Hill Basildon.
11/09/1940 16.20 Shenfield British Spitfire crashed. Machine badly damaged
in field 1/2 mile South West of Palmers Farm. Pilot safe.
crashed 5.9.40, found in a field at Nevendon.
Air Raid Damage Reports Brentwood Division Essex Fire Service 10 September 1940.
Date Time Location Damage
10/09/1940 00.45 East 1 – H.E. exploded in a field 20 yards East of Tilbury
Horndon Road and 400 yards South of the Arterial Road. Telephone wires down. 1 cow killed.
10/09/1940 03.25 Basildon 2 – H.Es exploded, 1 in pond South of the Arterial
Road at Brook Mount Estate between Arterial Road and Basildon Road and 1 exploded on the North side of the Arterial Road at junction of Ladysmith Avenue. Slight damage to cycle track and gas main. No casualties.
10/09/1940 03.30 Billericay 1 – H.E. exploded 20 yards from “Grassland”, The
Risings. Part of house blown down. Overhead electric cable damaged. No casualties.
10/09/1940 05.00 Vange 1 – H.E. exploded in a field at the rear of “Thames
View” Bell Hill Road. Slight damage to house. No casualties.
10/09/1940 09.30 Pitsea 1 – H.E. exploded 1/2 mile South of Railway line at
Blue House Farm Pitsea Marshes. No damage or casualties.
10/09/1940 Hadleigh 1 A.A. unexploded Shell in the front garden of
“Pinecot” Benfleet Road. No damage or casualties.
10/09/1940 10.00 Foulness Body of a German Airman found on the foreshore
Island of Potton Island. Parachute attached. Been in water a few days. No Identity Card. Moved to Southend Municipal Hospital Rochford. Name Horst Klaff.
10/09/1940 16.30 Little Warley 1 – H.E. unexploded in a field opposite Rectory
Chase 300 yards East of the road. No damage or casualties.
10/09/1940 22.50 Hutton 2 – H.Es exploded in a field 1/4 mile West of
Hutton Rectory. No damage or casualties.
10/09/1940 23.00 Downham 2 – H.Es exploded, 1 at The Elms, Brook Hill and 1
150 yards West of Brook Hill. Slight damage to property. No casualties.
10/09/1940 23.10 Great Warley 50 – I.Bs in the vicinity of Headley Common. North
Lodge Warley Place set on fire. No casualties.
10/09/1940 23.30 Great Warley 1 – H.E. exploded and 1 Oil I.B. burnt out on a
footpath between Holt Farm and Cranham Road. No damage or casualties.
10/09/1940 23.40 Mountnessing 10 – H.Es, 1 is unexploded in Hare Spring
Wood and 1 Oil I.B. burnt out at Lawness Farm. No damage or casualties.
10/09/1940 23.45 Mountnessing 1 – H.E. exploded in stack yard at
Mountnessing Hall Farm. Slight damage to property. No casualties.
10/09/1940 Great 1 – A.A. unexploded Shell near a haystack
Burstead at Granite Chase. No damage or casualties.
10/09/1940 North 1 – A.A. unexploded Shell 300 yards East of
Benfleet Fentons Hall. No damage or casualties.
