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20 December 1944 Part 15
Summary
Aircraft movements and observations. Air or sea observations. Communications and signals
Location Details
Guernsey; Alderney; Sark; St Peter Port; Casquets
Diary Entry
Continuation: 20 December 1944
20:20 — Casquets
Radio telegram FT 1913 reported: ‘At 19:06 and 19:10, four white light signals on each occasion, bearing 320 degrees, range approximately 15 nautical miles; probably aircraft flares.’
Throughout the night, parachute flares, detonations and aircraft were repeatedly reported in the sea area north and west of Guernsey and Alderney. Air and sea targets were also fixed by radar. Low engine noises were heard in the same sea area, extending north-eastwards from Peter Port and north-westwards from Sark. See the accompanying sketch, Annex 1.
Radio telegram FT 1246/21 to Naval High Command West, Commander-in-Chief U-boats, continued on the next page.
Source of Information
T-1022 Roll 2423, PG 37998, Commander of Sea Defences, Channel Islands. Source scan 0137 — original page 306