I could be wrong but I have a feeling that these bungalows were in a road just on the village side of Long road Primary school (Headmaster Mr Benson).

They were flattened by a V1 (flying bomb) a very common sight on Canvey at that time. A little boy who used to sit near me in school was killed. I think his name was Peter Howard but I could be Wrong, it was a long time ago.

Geoff.

Thnaks for your comment Geoff - Maybe Clr Ray Howard can shed some more light on these eventds as I understand he and his family were involved in a bombing during the war, possibly in the Deepwater Drive area?

Hi it was Ray Howards House his Brother died and Ray was badly injured

I remember this incident too and have written about it in my memoirs. My mum and I were in 'Ives' the shoe shop near the Haystack Pub, on what I think was possibly a Saturday afternoon.

Suddenly, there was an almighty 'thud' and all the shoe boxes on the shelves shook. Over the weekend, we heard that a bomb had dropped near our school.

When I went to school on the Monday the boy who usually sat next to me, wasn't there. I've always thought his name was Eric Howard but I could be wrong, as I was only six or seven at the time.

I lived at 3 Deepwater Rd next door to Ray Howard, I used to play with Peter, Eric and Ray. I don't recognise the bomb damaged houses shown, are you sure they are from the Deepwater Rd 'Doodlebug'? We didn't have any trees in our Road. What does Ray think?

I believe a bomb/doodlebug dropped in Oxford Road. Could the pictures relate to that incident?

Does anybody out there remember the name of Betty Brace's sister? Betty was killed by the doodlebug in Deepwater Rd.