Air Raid Damage Reports Brentwood Division Essex Fire Service 2 November 1940.
Date Time Location Damage
02/11/1940 19.45 Vange I.Bs (about 100) on Marshes 1/4 mile South West
of Goldings Farm. No damage, 1 regular Fireman seriously injured.
02/11/1940 20.00 Mountnessing 2 – H.E exploded, 1 is 100 yards West of
Lawness Farm opposite Shoulder Hall and 1 is 100 yards North on side of road to Buttsbury Road. Road blocked. Gas main damaged. No casualties.
02/11/1940 20.05 Billericay I.Bs (a number) in fields in the Vicinity of Little
Blunts Farm and Queens Park Estate. No damage or casualties.
02/11/1940 20.30 South 2 – H.Es, 1 exploded and 1 unexploded in the back
Benfleet garden of 253 Philmead Road (unexploded 15 yards from house). No damage or casualties.
02/11/1940 20.30 East 1 – H.E. exploded in Ingrave Meadow at South
Horndon West corner of Moor Lane crossroads. Overhead electric cables down near pole 142. Damage to property. No casualties.
02/11/1940 20.30 Canvey 4 – H.Es exploded in fields at Pantiles Farm
Island between Northwick and Benfleet Creek, 3 sheep killed.
02/11/1940 20.55 Bowers 8 – H.Es exploded in fields between Bowers Hall
Gifford Farm and Little Kelvedon Hall and 1 in Kelly Road, 10 houses damaged. Telephone wires down, no casualties.
02/11/1940 21.30 Hutton 18 – H.Es, 1 is unexploded. All between Cresseys
Farm and Hanging Hill Lane junction with Ridgeway. The unexploded is 1/4 mile from Cresseys Farm near a pond. No damage or casualties.
02/11/1940 22.20 Foulness 8 – H.Es exploded in fields, 6 at Creist Wood Farm
Island and 2 at Rushwood Farm. No damage or casualties.