Date Time Location Damage
04/09/1944 18.50 Hadleigh A Barrage balloon grounded and caused damage
to overhead electric cables, telephone wires and chimney of house. N.C. or other damage.
10/09/1944 16.25 Childerditch Ernest Charles Holden, age 49, of 1 Masefield
Crescent Gidea Park was killed as the result of an explosion which occurred whilst he was taking part in Home Guard exercises.
12/09/1944 13.00 Benfleet A meteorological balloon and kite fell on Bonville’s
Farm. N.D.C.
12/09/1944 17.55 Paglesham 1 – ‘H.B’ (Big Ben) fell on East Hall Marshes NE of
East Hall causing crater 45′ x 20′. A considerable amount of electrical equipment was scattered over a wide area. Very minor damage to property. N.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Herongate 1 – Ux.A.A. Shell found in bank E side of
Waterworks. Date and time of falling unknown.
13/09/1944 Unknown Brentwood 1 – Ux.A.A. Shell found in L.N.E.R.
embankment. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Hullbridge 1 – Ux.A.A. Shell fell in garden rear of
“Cranley” The Walk. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Hockley 1 – Ux.A.A. Shell fell on Blackburn Farm, Hurrell’s
Lane Church Road. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Hawkwell 1 – Ux.H.E. fell in field 60 yards SW of
Mahala Lodge, Sunny Road. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Hutton 1 – Ux.A.A. Shell fell in field on Creasey’s Farm.
N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Herongate 1 – Ux.A.A. Shell fell in wheatfield 1/4 mile SE of
Heron Hall. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Hutton 1 – Ux.A.A. Shell fell in field 3/4 mile W of
Creasey’s Farm. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Shenfield 1 – Ux.A.A. Shell fell in field 40 yards S of
L.N.E.R. line and 30 yards W of Arnold’s N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Hutton 1 – Ux.A.A. Shell fell in Cedar Road. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Laindon 1 – Ux.A.A. Shell fell in field 1/4 mile S of Hart’s
Farm Basildon Road. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Bowers 1 – Ux.S.Y.B. found 200 yards W of North Staines
Gifford Farm. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown East 1 – A.A. Shell unexploded fell in copse 500 yards
Horndon W of Military Camp. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Little 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in field 200 yards N of
Warley Rectory Chase. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Herongate 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in field rear of ‘Old
Dog’ P.H. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Vange 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in in field 1/4 mile N of Vange
Hall. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Brentwood 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in in field 300 yards S
of railway bridge Nags Head Lane. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Mountnessing 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in field 500 yards N of
Fitzwalters Farm. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Brentwood 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in field on Hart’s
House Estate Hartswood Road. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown East 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in in field 500 yards N of
Horndon Arterial Road 100 yards E of Thorndon Avenue. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Ramsden 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in field 150 yards W of
Bellhouse The Hall Church Road. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Rochford 1 – Ux. H.E. fell in field on Shopland Hall. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Pitsea 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in back garden of 59 Rectory
Hill Road. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Ingrave 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in ploughed field 100 yards S
of Hatch House and 100 yards W of Hatch Farm Thorndon Park. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown East 1 – Ph.I.B. exploded in field 440 yards N of Arterial
Horndon Road. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Laindon 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in field 50 yards SE of
“Woodlands” bungalow Ladysmith Avenue. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown North 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in field 150 yards NE of
Benfleet telephone Exchange Pound Lane. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Hutton 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in footpath N side of Rayleigh
Road 40 yards W of Havering Gore Bridge. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Dunton 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in field 600 yards N of
Dunton Church. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Dunton 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in field 300 yards SW of
Dunton Hall Farm. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Dunton 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in L.M.S. railway
embankment S of railway line, 10 yards W of railway arch on Dunton Hall Farm. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Rayleigh 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in Cemetery Hockley Road.
N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Cranham 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in ploughed field 30 ft S of
Arterial Road and 300 yards E of Front Lane Cranham.
13/09/1944 Unknown Laindon 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in field 600 yards E of White’s
Farm, 300 yards N of Wash Road. N.D.C.13/09/1944 Unknown Laindon 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in field on N side of Arterial Road 1/4 mile W of “Fortune of War” crossroads. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Great 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in field 20 yards E of
Warley Jermain’s Wood. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Great 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in field on Oldbury Farm.
Wakering N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Rochford 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in field 100 yards NE of
Waterworks. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Hutton 2 – Ux. A.A. Shells fell in field S of Brindle’s Farm.
N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Great 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in field 600 yards E of White’s
Burstead Farm. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Crays 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in field 30 yards S of “Shirley”
Hill London Road. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Rayleigh 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in front garden of “Dingle
Dell” Bull Lane. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Mountnessing 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in field on Fitzwalters
Farm 200 yards W of Stephens House. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Great 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in field 100 yards E of
Warley Dickenson’s Farm Warley Street. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Hadleigh 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell at Salvation Army Colony.
N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Brentwood 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell exploded on Calcott Hall
Farm, Ongar Road. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Vange 3 – Ux. A.A. Shells fell in close vicinity to “The
Oaks” Timberlog Lane. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Great 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in kitchen garden of Hampton
Warley House Warley Hill. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Laindon At 11-00 on 3.7.44 an aluminium canister 14″ x 4″
believed to be an oxygen cylinder bearing the word “Luftwaffe” and various figures, was found on waste ground where it had apparently been for some time.
13/09/1944 Unknown Herongate 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in field 200 yards E of
Billericay Road. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Potton 1 – H.E. exploded 1 1/2 miles NE of Potton Island
Island Farmhouse. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Paglesham 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in field 100 yards W of
West Hall Farmhouse. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Hadleigh A cannon shell caused slight damage to roof and
ceilings of a bungalow “Sunset” Woodfield Road. N.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Billericay 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in back garden of “Hilltop”
bungalow Highfield Road S Green. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Childerditch 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell nr dried pond in field
430 yards SW of Childerditch Hall. N.D.C.
13/09/1944 Unknown Bowers 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell on marshes. N.D.C.
Gifford
13/09/1944 Unknown Hutton 1 – Ux. A.A. Shell fell in field on Bushwood Farm.
N.D.C.
17/09/1944 12.05 Hockley 1 – ‘R.B’ exploded in St Peter’s Road causing 1
serious and 2 slight casualties, also serious damage to 4 large greenhouses and ‘D’ damage to approx. 7 houses.
17/09/1944 20.40 Canewdon 1 ‘Fly’ exploded 75 yards W of Creeksea Washway
Road. No casualties, slight damage to 2 dwellings and farm buildings.
17/09/1944 Unknown Vange A Lieut. Ott of 3rd Btn Essex Home Guard during
an exercise at Vange Hall Farm was accidentally shot through the body by a Pte Saville inadvertently using live ammunition and died at Billericay Hospital on 27.9.44.
24/09/1944 20.35 Ashingdon An American aircraft believed Marauder crashed
and exploded in field near Noon’s Farm. The bodies of four airmen were recovered and conveyed to RAF Aerodrome Rochford. Number and Station of aircraft were not known.
28/09/1944 15.20 Foulness An American Mustang aircraft crashed 300 yards
Island SE of Sandy Cottages and 500 yards due W of Foulness Church and was completely burnt out. The Pilot James W Leek (No believed 0/763243) was killed. RAF informed. The number of aircraft and station were unknown.
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