13 February 1943 Part 1

13 February 1943 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

No special occurrences.

All Organisation Todt workers were withdrawn because of typhus cases and quarantine. Using its own personnel, the battery installed the command-periscope tube in the fire-control post, completed another Tobruk position and extended the wiring for the anti-aircraft positions.

Strasbourg battery: after Organisation Todt labour was withdrawn while the main fire-control bunker was being poured, battery personnel continued the work themselves. Work on the gun embankments continued. Six shelters for anti-aircraft crews were recamouflaged and were largely complete. Ammunition recesses for the 8.76-cm guns were completed.

Battery Steinbruch: following withdrawal of all Organisation Todt workers from the site, the battery made every road within its grounds passable on foot, as there was now no motor-vehicle traffic. The roof of another storm-damaged barrack was repaired. Splinter-protection embankments for three barracks at three anti-aircraft automatic-weapon positions were raised and repaired.

T-1022 Roll 2422, PG 37997, scans 0595–0596.