1 November 1944 Part 6

Summary

Air attack or aircraft engagement. Coastal battery firing or engagement. Air or sea observations

Location Details

Alderney; Battery Annes

Diary Entry

1 November 1944

07:35–08:15 — Alderney

Batteries Annes, Elsaß and Blücher, together with four batteries of Mixed Anti-Aircraft Battalion 197, engaged the destroyer in grid squares B.F. 3542 and 3518. Fire was initially controlled by observation and, after the target disappeared in haze, by radar. After the sixth salvo from Battery Elsaß, a strong flash was observed, probably a hit. The destroyer then proceeded north at minimum speed without significant alterations of course and disappeared in the haze. Firing continued using radar plots.

Source of Information

T-1022 Roll 2423, PG 37998, Commander of Sea Defences, Channel Islands. Source scan 0040 — original page 224