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17 January 1943 Part 5a

Summary

Air activity and differing supply routes. Additional German source account relating to 17 January 1943 Part 5.

Location Details

Channel Islands; St Malo; Granville

Diary Entry

17 January 1943 Part 5a Air activity and differing supply routes

Related existing record: 17 January 1943 Part 5 — 17 January 1943 Operations daily report. This separate source account concerns material already represented in that record; it does not by itself establish an additional incident.

During the afternoon, considerable flying activity over the Channel Islands. The shipping connection from Granville to the Channel Islands remains obstructed, as it has been since 8 January. The islands have again been reached from St Malo.

Source of Information 

German Army, Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1553. T312_R1553_Channel_Islands_English_Translation.docx, translated entry 65. Original source T312-1553.pdf, PDF pages 298, 843. PDF pages count from the first page and are not original folio or microfilm frame numbers.

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