2 April 1945

2 April 1945 Minimum monthly air supply requirement

c) Naval High Command West reports the following monthly transport requirement to the Chief of Air Transport for supplying the western fortresses, reduced to the absolute minimum:

Dunkirk: 20 tonnes

Channel Islands: 4 tonnes

Lorient: 6 tonnes

St Nazaire: 6 tonnes

La Rochelle: 6 tonnes

Gironde fortresses: 8 tonnes

A further 6 tonnes are required to equip the Atlantic bases for U-boats as ordered by the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, and to repair S 118, bringing the total to 56 tonnes. The use of a Ju 252 is also necessary for carrying the mail.

German Naval Staff diary. BArch RM 7/71; former British Admiralty reference Case GE 168, PG 31740. Published Part A, volume 68. PDF page 32; printed page 26. Audited translation reference 33.