1 January 1943 Part 1
Summary
Air attack or aircraft engagement. Coastal battery firing or engagement. Battery construction or maintenance
Location Details
Sark
Diary Entry
1 January 1943 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary
Weather: wind from 315°, 5 m/s.
Archival covers: 1943 war diary, Commander of Sea Defence, Channel Islands; Naval Staff, 1st Department. British identification card, PG 37997: German Naval Group Command West, Sea Defence Commandant, Channel Islands; reports on coastal-battery construction, firing practice and operational firing, ship movements, aircraft attacks, weather damage and the British raid on Sark, 1943.
SECRET. Enclosure to Sea Commander, Channel Islands, G 218 [handwritten reference read as such]. War diary, 1–15 January 1943. British Admiralty registry stamp: PG 37997/NID. No special events.
Signed on behalf of the commanding officer [signature not securely read].
Source of Information
T-1022 Roll 2422, PG 37997, scan 0579–0582.
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