2 January 1945 Part 1

2 January 1945

09:00 — Wind north-north-west 3; sea 1–2; visibility 3 nautical miles; cloud 8/10; cloud base 800 metres.

09:20, Alderney — One escort destroyer in grid B.F. 3552, waiting and on a varying course.

10:53 — Several heavy detonations, impossible to identify, were heard far to the north.

11:50 — Several strong detonations were heard far to the north-east, without explanation.

T-1022 Roll 2422, PG 37998, Commander of Sea Defences, Channel Islands. T-1022 Roll 2422 — source scan 0749 (original diary page 2)