21 December 1944 Part 2

21 December 1944

01:10 — Alderney

The sea-target alarm for the Alderney Group ended. The targets in grid squares B.F. 3518/19, on a north-north-easterly course at 17 knots, had passed beyond measuring range.

The question arose whether enemy anti-submarine groups could be engaged by artillery, despite the presence of our own U-boats, in order to relieve them. A decision was requested from the Commander-in-Chief U-boats (Naval Staff Officer) by radio telegram FT 1058/21.

T-1022 Roll 2423, PG 37998, Commander of Sea Defences, Channel Islands. Source scan 0139 — original page 308