Air Raid Damage Reports Brentwood Division Essex Fire Service February 1942.

Date                Time   Location         Damage

15/02/1942    Found   Rayleigh      A piece of balloon fabric with cords attached

believed to be part of an experimental balloon found in the garden of 6 Station Crescent.  Removed to Rayleigh Police Station.

16/02/1942    08.40  Foulness       A British Hurricane ‘plane crashed 300 yards East

of Haven Gore Bridge.  Plane completely wrecked.  Pilot from RAF Harwich sustained slight injuries to head and chest.  (Removed to Shoeburyness Hospital, Number unobtainable due to damage)  RAF informed.  Military guard mounted.