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15 October 1942 Part 5

Summary

Shipping and convoy movements. Training or inspection. Weather report

Location Details

Guernsey; Alderney; Cherbourg

Diary Entry

15 October 1942 Alderney Harbour Commandant diary

Clear, visibility 15 nautical miles, SW 3, sea 2. 0720: Vp 212/213 arrived from Cherbourg with Dorsch and Spinel. 0836: FK 22/08 returned. 2030: Vp 212/13 departed for Guernsey with Spinel. 2035: FK 22/08 departed for a searchlight exercise. [The final line is obscured by a fold: approximately 2315, Vp 713/02 with Schwalbe, Gerfried and Franka; the movement and destination cannot be established from the visible text.]

Source of Information 

T-1022 Roll 2422, PG 37995, scan 0425.

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