14 April 1944 Part 2

14 April 1944 Part 2 Aircraft shot down off eastern Guernsey

Date note: 14 April 1944.

Seventh Army Headquarters. Ia No. 292/44 Secret.

Army headquarters, 14 April 1944. Secret. Ia evening reports.

I. Report to Commander in Chief West

1. On the evening of 13 April, several aircraft off the east coast of Guernsey; one aircraft shot down by anti-aircraft artillery.

2. Headquarters and map battery of Motorised Survey and Mapping Battalion 631 brought to Vitré.

II. Further reports

1. XXV Army Corps. The following were moved:

(a) 343rd Infantry Division: 1st Company, Grenadier Regiment 851, to resistance nest A 71 (3 km northwest of Plouescat); 8th Company, Grenadier Regiment 851, to Plouguerneau.

(b) 353rd Infantry Division: headquarters company and 13th and 14th Companies, Grenadier Regiment 941, to Brest.

(c) 275th Infantry Division: 1st Company, Grenadier Regiment 984, to Locminé; 2nd Company of that regiment to Baud; 5th Company, Grenadier Regiment 985, to Minier (Saint-Nazaire Fortress).

2. LXXXIV and LXXIV Army Corps and 21st Panzer Division: nothing special to report.

For the authorised officer [signature indistinct].

German Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1565. Roll 1565 Jersey and Channel Islands English translations.docx, reference 23. Scan extracts: img041_13_23461_25490.jpg. Extract filenames identify the original image strip, section number and horizontal pixel boundaries; these are not archival frame numbers.