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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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