21 June 1940 Part 5

21 June 1940 Request for photographic reconnaissance / Result of aerial reconnaissance

Naval Commander, Northern France, to Air Fleet 2. Radio message, time group 0103/91. Radio notation received 0516 on 21 June 1940; registry stamp appears 20 June 1940.

Request photographic reconnaissance of the islands Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and Ouessant. Please send the photographs by courier.

Naval Commander, Northern France. [Routing initials.]

From Naval Command France. Secret command matter. 21 June 1940; received 2047. Time group 1919/91. Priority SSD.

To Naval Commander, Northern France.

Air reconnaissance by Air Fleet 2 found no artillery installations on Guernsey, Jersey and [island name unclear] (near Ouessant). Photographs will follow by courier.

Receipt stamp: Naval Commander Northern France, 21 June 1940. [Registry and routing marks.]

Editorial note: Upper message has inconsistent date annotations: 20 June registry stamp and 21 June radio receipt. Lower reconnaissance report’s third island name is unclear; it is not silently replaced with Alderney.

T-1022 Roll 2439, T1022_R2439_English_Translation.docx. Archive and frame references follow.
PG 38019 | Frame 00755, upper message, original sheet 9; Frame 00755, lower message, original sheet 9