Date Time Location Damage
01/09/1943 Unknown South 4 Black strips were found on the lawn of the Old
Weald Vicarage.
02/09/1943 09.10 Hadleigh A formation of friendly aircraft were flying over
when a 1/2″ machine gun bullet fell in Homestead Way and ricocheted through the bedroom window of a house “Jeneville” Homestead Way smashing a pane of glass.
03/09/1943 Unknown Nevendon 1 Small Yellow Ux. B was found in
hedgerow 500 yards NE of Nevendon School, Burnt Mills Road. No damage or casualties. (Disposed of 10.9.43).
04/09/1943 Unknown Rochford 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell in field 250 yards N of Swaines
Farm, 25 yards W of Ashingdon Road. No damage or casualties.
04/09/1943 1.42 Foulness 1 – H.E. exploded in open ground on New Marsh
Island Farm. No damage or casualties.
04/09/1943 3.00 Brentwood 1 – A.A. Shell exploded in front garden of
“Halcyon” Hatch Road. No casualties. Damage to overhead electric cables.
05/09/1943 06.00 Nevendon A British Spitfire crashed in a field East of Great
Wasket’s Farmhouse, Gardners Lane Arterial Road. Piloted by Pilot Officer A. E. Gray No. J 16673 of 401 Squadron 126 Airfield Kent. The Pilot was uninjured and was taken to Rochford Aerodrome.
06/09/1943 8.50 East A Flying Fortress number unknown bearing
Horndon U.S. markings and loaded with bombs crashed in a field 100 yards W of Thorndon Avenue and was completely destroyed, 10 bodies were recovered from the wreckage and 12 Ux Bombs.
07/09/1943 Unknown East 1 – Ux A.A. Shell found on the South Bank of LMS
Horndon Railway 200 yards East of East Horndon Railway Station and 20 yards off Railway Line. No damage or casualties. (Disposed of BDS 2.10.43).
25/09/1943 6.00 Shenfield A Meteorological Balloon and Kite of silver paper
with no instruments attached fell in Hall Lane.
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