12 June 1943 Part 1

12 June 1943 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

Weather: wind 270°, 5 m/sec. At 06:40, Alert Level I was lifted.

Construction report — Batterie Mirus: work continued on the service building and gun wiring. Krupp fitters worked on No. 1 gun. Anti-aircraft position I was poured and excavation began for anti-aircraft positions IV and V. Work on No. 1 gun's ventilation continued, and the embankments at Nos. 2–4 guns advanced.

Batterie Strassburg: wiring for combat control began. Installation work in the new fire-control post continued, and approximately two-thirds of the internal timber lining was complete.

Batterie Steinbruch: Organisation Todt excavated anti-aircraft positions I, II and VI. Siemens personnel installed radiators in the fire-control post and continued the heating line in gun bunker III. Work continued on the communal barrack, and the move from the auxiliary to the main fire-control post was completed.

Batterie Lothringen: wiring continued, together with preparations for the guard accommodation and the daytime accommodation at searchlight B.

T-1022 Roll 2422, scans 0654.