18 November 1943 Part 1

Summary

Aircraft movements and observations. Coastal battery firing or engagement. Air or sea observations

Location Details

Battery Strassburg

Diary Entry

18 November 1943 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

15:49 — Weather: wind 360°, 8 m/sec. Four Hurricanes approached Batterie Strassburg on a course from 90° to 180°. The battery engaged the aircraft from 15:50 to 15:51, firing on bearings from 90° to 210° at a range of 1,700 metres. There was no enemy counter-action and no German casualties. Six hits were observed in the centre of one aircraft's fuselage. Ammunition expenditure: 213 rounds of 2-cm ammunition.

Source of Information

T-1022 Roll 2422, scans 0727.