Air Raid Damage Reports Brentwood Division Essex Fire Service 9 December 1940.
Date Time Location Damage
09/12/1940 00.05 Childerditch 1 – H.E exploded in Brickfields Road 30 yards
North of Arterial Road. No damage or casualties.
09/12/1940 00.15 Langdon 2 – H.Es, 1 exploded and 1 unexploded near West
Hills Ham Sanatorium Dry Street. Unexploded in Orchard 200 yards East of buildings. No damage or casualties. B.D.S. 22.3.41.
09/12/1940 01.00 Foulness 2 – H.Es exploded in narrow gut creek, Rushley
Island Island 3/4 mile East of The Island Farm House. No damage or casualties.
09/12/1940 01.10 Doddinghurst I.Bs (a number) fell in the vicinity of
Woodlands Blackmore near Hendersons Garage. No damage or casualties.
09/12/1940 01.35 Hadleigh 1 – H.E exploded in centre of Park Chase London
Road, 6 slight casualties. Extensive damage to property. Gas main damaged (S.L.T. 21.12.40)
09/12/1940 01.35 Crays Hill I.Bs (a number) approx. 100 fell on open ground at
Crays Hill Farm. No damage or casualties.
09/12/1940 01.45 Doddinghurst 2 – H.Es exploded, 1 in field near Wantz
Cottages and 1 H.E. and 1 Oil I.B. in vicinity of “Red House” Poultry Farm, slight damage to 2 Poultry houses. No casualties.
09/12/1940 02.00 Ramsden 3 – H.Es unexploded, 1 at DeBeauvoir’s Farm
Bell House (exploded at 08.00) 1 South of Railway lines (exploded at 09.55) causing damage to Railway Embankment. Up track closed. And 1 at DeBeauvoir’s Farm 400 yards East of Farm. Slight damage to property. No casualties. (Railway line open 10.12.40).
09/12/1940 02.00 Crays Hill 2 – H.Es, 1 exploded 250 yards West of St Marys
Church and unexploded 10 yards from crater (exploded 11.12.40) Slight damage to property. No casualties.
09/12/1940 04.10 Hadleigh 1 – H.E. exploded in road outside School House.
The Avenue. Damage to four houses, gas main damaged. Telephone wires down. The Avenue blocked (S.L.T. 21st).
09/12/1940 04.10 Crays Hill 1 – H.E exploded in a field 10 yards from A.129
and 300 yards Billericay side of Whiteridge. No damage or casualties.
09/12/1940 04.30 Vange 2 – H.Es exploded in fields 40 yards South of High
Street and 100 yards West of Vange Church. Extensive damage to property. Telephone wires down. No casualties.
09/12/1940 04.30 Little 1 – H.E. exploded in a field between Sudburys
Burstead Farm and Blind Lane. No damage or casualties.
09/12/1940 06.30 Canvey 7 – H.Es, 4 unexploded in river in front of West
Island Point, Thorney Bay (3 exploded at 16.50 hrs, 1 remaining) and 3 exploded near Southend Water Works emergency Pumping Station Haven Road. Pumping Station badly damaged. Water supply not affected. No casualties.
09/12/1940 08.38 Foulness 3 – H.Es exploded and 15 I.Bs burnt out on Wick
Island Farm. No damage or casualties.