18 September 1942 Part 5a

18 September 1942 Part 5a Reconnaissance and balloons north of Alderney

Related existing record: 18 September 1942 Part 5 — 18 September 1942 Air reconnaissance and possible convoy north of Alderney. This separate source account concerns material already represented in that record; it does not by itself establish an additional incident.

Enemy reconnaissance activity continued over the Channel Islands. On 18 September at 11.43 hours, fifteen balloons were observed at a considerable distance north of Alderney, moving from east to west; presumably a British convoy.

Editorial note: The convoy identification is the German report’s inference from the balloons observed.

German Army, Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1553. T312_R1553_Channel_Islands_English_Translation.docx, translated entry 1. Original source T312-1553.pdf, PDF pages 272, 273. PDF pages count from the first page and are not original folio or microfilm frame numbers.