1 September 1942 Part 10

Summary

Guernsey coastal battery fires warning shots at an unidentified boat.

Location Details

Guernsey

Diary Entry

1 September 1942 Guernsey coastal battery fires warning shots at an unidentified boat

Date note: Event of 1 September, reported by Seventh Army on 2 September 1942. The battery and boat are not identified.

At about 22:00 on 1 September a small boat was observed twelve kilometres northwest of Guernsey. It gave no recognition signal when challenged. After several warning shots from an Army coastal battery it turned west.

Source of Information

German Seventh Army records, T-312 Roll 1548. T312 Roll 1548 English translation REVIEWED EDITION 4.docx. Local source scans: 0091.jpg.