Air Raid Damage Reports Brentwood Division Essex Fire Service 4 December 1940.
Date Time Location Damage
04/12/1940 21.00 Billericay Damage to lamp standard on Southend Road and
buildings at Southend Farm by drifting Barrage Balloon.
04/12/1940 21.20 Rochford 2 – H.Es unexploded, 1 on Golf Course and 1 200
yards North West of Westborrow Hall (exploded 9.12.40) No damage or casualties.
04/12/1940 21.30 Hullbridge 10 – H.Es exploded at Poolehurst Farm, Cracknells
Farm and Kingsland Farm. Slight damage to property. No casualties.
04/12/1940 21.55 Coxtie Green 2 – H.Es, 1 exploded and 1 unexploded at back of
Coxtie Green House. White Horse Road. Road closed (open after 96 hours). Damage to property. Telephone wires down. No casualties. D.B.S. 7.2.41.
04/12/1940 22.30 Rayleigh Drifting Barrage Balloon fouled the Overhead
electric cables at Little Wakering drifting in a South Easterly direction and caught on a pylon at Wheatleys Farm and burnt. Wires and ropes and gear salvaged.
04/12/1940 22.55 Ingrave 3 – H.Es unexploded, 1 in field opposite Womens
Institute Dunnings Lane, 2 in Thorndon Park between 10th fairway and Lake, (1 exploded in a plantation the 5th). No damage or casualties.