19 December 1944 Part 26

Item 7 — reference to original page 304

Report by radio telegram FT 1845/19, M-Offizier, to Naval High Command West and the Commander-in-Chief U-boats: from 17:30 to 17:35 Alderney sighted in grid square B.F. 3522 a strong glow of fire expanding over the sea. It could no longer be made out later because of haze.

T-1022 Roll 2423, PG 37998, Commander of Sea Defences, Channel Islands. Source scan 0166 — decoded-message annex, continuation