Air Raid Damage Reports Brentwood Division Essex Fire Service 27 May 1942.

Date                Time   Location         Damage

27/05/1942    11.40  Rayleigh        1 – Smashed Aircraft at Rayleigh at junction of

Eastwood Rise and Hillside Road.  Map Ref. 275096.  Machine completely smashed.  British Spitfire.  Occupant Pilot Officer Woodhead 81st Squadron, Hornchurch killed.  Number of plane B.467 RAF Hornchurch informed.