17 November 1943 Part 5

17 November 1943 Enemy intelligence for 1 to 15 November

10 November, 08:45: four Typhoons attacked a minesweeper escort off the northwest coast, fifteen kilometres north of Rocquaine Bay, Guernsey, with bombs and aircraft weapons. No material damage; two naval men seriously wounded. At 11:45, ten aircraft attacked the same targets; minor damage and several naval casualties. One aircraft was shot down. At 14:20, two fighters attacked Resistance Nest 102 near Ravenoville on the Cotentin east coast; no casualties or material damage. At 14:45, two fighters attacked a locomotive three kilometres northwest of Carentan; it was severely damaged. At 15:00, two fighters strafed an antiaircraft position at Riva Bella–Ouistreham without damage.

Other matters: between 21:30 and 22:30 on 4 November, three parachutes were observed west of Cabourg, seven kilometres east of Ouistreham, but did not descend. They may have been pilotless gliding devices. Troops searched for dropped material without result. On 6 November, 4/Georgian Infantry Battalion 797 caught a carrier pigeon near Vauville, marked H.V. 35 Caen. On 14 November at 16:40, an English barrage balloon came down near Ver-sur-Mer, twelve kilometres northeast of Bayeux, and was recovered by troops. On 13 and 14 November, thirty-eight bodies of British naval personnel washed ashore in the Channel Islands. They are presumed to be from the naval engagement in the Gulf of Saint-Malo reported in the Wehrmacht communiqué of 24 October.

Translation note: Times, place-names and casualty figures remain partly faint. These are German contemporary reports and claims.

T-314 Roll 1604, T314_R1604_English_Translation.docx. 17 November 1943 | Source PDF pages 1243–1245. Selected island-related text; document or report date governs placement.