Date                Time   Location         Damage

04/04/1943    07.00  Ashingdon    A drifting Barrage Balloon became entangled with

overhead electric cables in Lincoln Road and was later removed by the RAF.

06/04/1943    Found  Langdon      1 – unexploded A.A. Shell 30 yards South of

Hills              “Roselle” Lee Chapel Lane.  (Disposed of BDS 13.4.43).

15/04/1943    00.25  Laindon         1 – A.A. Shell on Arterial Road 400 yards West of

Fortune of War crossroads.  No casualties.  Slight damage to road traffic not affected.

15/04/1943    00.30  Mountnessing          3 – A.A. Shells exploded in fields, 1 at

Woodlands Farm.  No damage or casualties, 1 at Copeman’s Poultry Farm, no casualties slight damage to property, 1 at Jordan’s Farm.  No casualties or damage.

15/04/1943    00.35  Rayleigh        5 – P.H.I.Bs exploded in High Road, No casualties.

                                                            2 houses badly damaged.

15/04/1943    00.35  Thundersley 1 – unexploded A.A. Shell fell in ploughed field 100

yards North of junction of Manor Road and Woodmans Avenue.

15/04/1943    00.40  Rayleigh        2 – P.H.I.Bs exploded in back garden of “High

Gables” Rayleigh Downs Road.  No casualties or damage.

15/04/1943    00.45  Rayleigh        5 – P.H.I.Bs exploded in fields at Lynwood

Nurseries 200 yards North of the junction of Daws Heath Road and Arterial Road  No casualties or damage.

15/04/1943    00.45  Billericay        1 – A.A. Shell exploded in the grounds of the

                                                            Isolation Hospital.  No casualties or damage.

15/04/1943    00.45  Canewdon    1 – H.E. exploded near Canewdon Hall 3/4 mile

                                                            North of Canewdon Church.

15/04/1943    00.45  Wickford        1 – unexploded P.H.I.B. fell in Thorn’s Market

Castle Yard.  No casualties or damage.  (Disposed of BDS 23.4.43).

15/04/1943    00.45  Paglesham    1 – A.A. Shell exploded 100 yards S.E. of Punch

Bowl P.H.  No casualties. Damage to electric light standard.

15/04/1943    00.45  Great              1 – Unexploded A.A. Shell fell at Mills Head

                                    Wakering       Brickfields  No damage or casualties.

15/04/1943    00.45  Wickford        2 – PH.I.Bs fell in the roadway, 1 in roadway and 1

in Market Road.  A.29 was closed.  BDS removed bombs and the road was opened.

15/04/1943    00.45  Great              1 – A.A. Shell exploded in a field 200 yards S.E. of

Burstead        Great Burstead Junior Schools.  No casualties or damage.

15/04/1943    00.45  Rayleigh        1 – Paramine exploded 100 yards N.E. of Gooses

Cottages, Raweth 2 serious casualties and 18 houses damaged.  Telephone wires down and 1 paramine exploded in field 500 yards E. of Companion Garage Raweth, 600 yards from 1st mine.  No casualties or damage.

15/04/1943    00.45  Rayleigh        1 – H.E. exploded in a field 160 yards from Shot

Corner, Rayleigh.  No casualties slight damage to property.

15/04/1943    00.45  Rayleigh        1 – H.E. exploded in a field S W of Chichester Hall

Farm Rayleigh.  No casualties, slight damage to property.

15/04/1943    00.45  Rayleigh        1 – H.E. exploded at rear of house 70 yards East of

Eastwood Road.  No casualties.  1 house seriously damaged.

15/04/1943    00.45  Rayleigh        1 – PH.I.B. exploded on footpath between Bowles

Nursery Eastwood Road and Lynwood Nursery, Arterial Road.  No casualties or damage.

15/04/1943    00.45  Rayleigh        5 – Unexploded H.E. fell in field 225 yards North of

junction of London Road and Victoria Avenue.  No casualties or damage.  (Disposed of BDS 10.5.43).

15/04/1943    00.45  Rayleigh        1 – Paramine exploded in Alpha Nurseries at

junction of Helena and Louie Road.  3 casualties of whom 1 was fatal.  Extensive damage to approximately 60 houses.

15/04/1943    01.00  Wickford        6 – H.Es exploded forming camouflets, 1

unexploded H.E. and 1 Spregbrand fell in garden of a house in Wick Lane.  No casualties or damage (Disposed of BDS 4.7.43).

15/04/1943    01.15  Thundersley 1 – Unexploded A.A. Shell fell at Common

Approach.  No casualties or damage.  (Disposed of BDS 8.5.43).

15/04/1943    01.15  Wickford        1 – H.E. exploded 200 yards N of Shot Farmhouse

                                                            1 serious casualty.  Slight damage to property.

15/04/1943    01.37  Hutton            1 – A.A. Shell exploded in garden of house in

                                                            Roundwood Avenue.  No damage or casualties.

15/04/1943    01.45  Wickford        1 – PH.I.B. unexploded in Market Avenue.  No

                                                            casualties or damage.  (Disposed of BDS 24.4.43).

15/04/1943    01.45  Wickford        1 – H.E exploded in a field 500 yards East of Shot

Farm.  No casualties.  Damage to overhear electric cables.

15/04/1943    01.45  Wickford        1 – PH.I.B. unexploded fell on Thorn’s Market

Castle Yard.  No casualties or damage.  (Disposed of BDS 23.4.43).

15/04/1943    01.45  Wickford        8 – UX.H.E fell in a field on N side of Wickford

Senior School.  No casualties or damage, school closed, re-opened 30.4.43.  (Disposed of BDS 23.4.43).

15/04/1943    01.45  Wickford        1 – UX. PH.I.B fell in Harvey’s Market off High

Street Wickford.  No casualties or damage.  (Disposed of BDS 23.4.43).

15/04/1943    01.45  Wickford        2 – Unexploded PH.I.Bs fell and buried themselves

in shelters at the Senior School, Wickford.  No casualties.

16/04/1943    13.15  Hutton             An unexploded 1000 kg H.E. was being burned by

BDA in the Bomb Cemetery, Hanging Hill Lane, when it exploded causing damage to roofs and windows of approximately 42 houses but no casualties.

17/04/1943    00.20  Crays Hill       1 – H.E. exploded in a field 500 yards North of

Gurnard’s Farm.  No casualties or damage.  Damages to property slight.

17/04/1943    00.40  Dunton          1 – H.E. exploded in a field 100 yards North of

                                                            Salvation Army Colony.  No casualties or damage.

17/04/1943    18.27  Doddinghurst            A Barrage Balloon grounded at Red House

Poultry Farm.  No casualties or damage, RAF informed.

17/04/1943    Found  Basildon      A German Auxiliary Petrol tank in a meadow 150

yards South of the junction of Honeypot Lane and Rectory Road.

17/04/1943    Unknown  Basildon An Auxiliary petrol tank, bearing the markings “C-

R.E.C.H.T.S. 2717″ 6 feet long and 21 inches in diameter fell from an enemy plane and was found in Church Road, 100 yards South of the junction of Church Road and Rectory Road and taken to Pitsea Police Station.

17/04/1943    Found  Basildon      A German Auxiliary Petrol tank in a meadow 150

yards South of the junction of Honeypot Lane and Rectory Road.

26/04/1943    12.00  Nevendon     A Meteorological instrument, No. “C.2033” with

parachute attached, was found in a field 200 yards East of Tye Corner, Cranfield Park Road.

27/04/1943    Found  Vange          An Ux. H.E. 30 yards South of Clay Hill opposite

Middlehall Road.  Believed to have fallen 17.9.40  (Disposed of BDS 20.5.43).

29/04/1943    01.30  Downham     2 – UX.H.E fell in a meadow 1/2 mile N.E. of

Fremnell Farm.  No casualties or damage.  No alert in operation (Disposed of BDS.  1 disposed of 22.5.43).