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15 May 1944 Part 1
Summary
Readiness or defensive orders. Training or inspection. Weather report
Location Details
Battery Steinbruch
Diary Entry
15 May 1944 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary
Weather: wind from 68°, 10 metres per second. During a combat-readiness inspection, Batterie Steinbruch conducted 15-cm time-fuze practice from 09:25 to 09:30 at 20–23 hectometres [2,000–2,300 metres], bearing 303°, and practice with the Russian 7.62-cm gun at 21 hectometres [2,100 metres], bearing 312°. Ammunition expenditure: twenty 15-cm high-explosive shells and six 7.62-cm rounds.
Source of Information
Roll 2422, scan 0837, original page 50.
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