20 November 1942 Part 8

20 November 1942 Personnel losses in the friendly fire incident on the Jersey route

Editorial note: Additional personnel details for the incident already entered under 20 November; not a second loss.

20 November, 00:30: two German harbour patrol boats travelling from Granville to Jersey were mistakenly fired on by German destroyers.

Seven were killed, including Colonel Christiani, commander of Grenadier Regiment 583, Senior Field Veterinarian Wurst of 319 Division and Major Banck, divisional supply commander.

T-314 Roll 1603, expanded reading edition T314_R1603_English_Translation.docx. 20 November 1942 | Source PDF pages 398–399. Supplement to material retained from earlier editions.