19 November 1942 Part 9a

19 November 1942 Part 9a Naval and Army artillery engage ships off Alderney

Related existing record: 19 November 1942 Part 9 — 19 November 1942 Detailed ammunition and radar report from Alderney. This separate source account concerns material already represented in that record; it does not by itself establish an additional incident.

During the night of 18–19 November 1942, from 23.39 to 23.54 hours and from 06.45 to 07.00 hours, detected ship targets approaching Alderney from the north and north-northeast were engaged by Navy and Army artillery using their detected positions. They then turned away to the north.

German Army, Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1553. T312_R1553_Channel_Islands_English_Translation.docx, translated entry 30. Original source T312-1553.pdf, PDF pages 108, 110. PDF pages count from the first page and are not original folio or microfilm frame numbers.