2 November 1943 Part 3

2 November 1943 Evening report on Guernsey artillery fire and drifting balloons

Editorial note: Parallel report of the same incident. This translation gives the balloon marking as “M.K. XIII A. 76 109”; Roll 1558 scan 0099 reads “M.K. XIII A. 76.105”. The time range and marking have not been normalised to the naval diary.

On 2 November, 01:45–06:45, targets detected at sea north of Guernsey by the aircraft reporting post of Artillery Regiment 827 were engaged with artillery. The targets proved to be drifting balloons. One recovered balloon bears the inscription “M.K. XIII A. 76 109”, is fifteen metres long and is shaped like a barrage balloon. Naval Commander Channel Islands informed.

T-312 Roll 1559, scans 0012. Extract from T-312_Roll_1559_Master_English_Translation.docx.