2 November 1944 Part 7

Summary

Coastal battery firing or engagement. Air or sea observations

Location Details

Battery Steinbruch

Diary Entry

Continuation: 2 November; entries for 3 November 1944

20:15–20:27

Battery Steinbruch engaged the lights at sea in grid square B.F. 3547 with unrestricted fire. Several straddles were observed. After the second salvo, flashing was seen at only one position. After the shelling it continued to drift out with the current. Ammunition expenditure: 40 rounds, 15 cm Sprgr. L 4.6 Kz. m.H. [ammunition code retained]. It was presumed to have been a drifting light-buoy.

Source of Information

T-1022 Roll 2423, PG 37998, Commander of Sea Defences, Channel Islands. Source scan 0042 — original page 226