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16 March 1944 Part 1
Summary
Aircraft movements and observations. Coastal battery firing or engagement. Weather report
Location Details
Alderney; Battery Annes
Diary Entry
16 March 1944 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary
Weather: wind from 270°. At 02:15 Batterie Annes (Alderney) fired on an aircraft approaching from east-north-east, probably a Halifax, at 800–900 metres' altitude and 1,000 metres' range. No hits; no enemy action. Ammunition expenditure: 153 rounds of 2-cm ammunition.
Source of Information
Roll 2422, scan 0807, original page 24. Half-month cover at scan 0806: 16–31 March 1944; attachment G 2006 H, archival reference KA 37588 d.
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