11 May 1943 Part 1

11 May 1943 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

Weather: wind 225°, 2 m/sec. From 11:00 to 11:30, Batterie Blücher of Army Coast Battery 463 conducted functional firing. Ammunition expenditure: 12 rounds 15-cm practice shell with impact fuze (A.Z.).

At 13:46, the Army strongpoint Grand Charière, two kilometres east of St Helier harbour, observed four impacts on the water at a bearing of 230–240°, distance 10–12 kilometres, in grid square B.F. 3812 lower right, while enemy aircraft were passing at low altitude.

St Malo Convoy Control requested closure of the route section Ida 3–Ida 4. The later search and decision are placed under 14–15 May.

T-1022 Roll 2422, PG 37997, scans 0634.