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23 March 1944 Part 2

Summary

Coastal battery firing or engagement. Air or sea observations. Weather report

Location Details

Guernsey; St Peter Port; Battery Mirus

Diary Entry

23 March 1944 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

Weather: wind from 90°, 3 metres per second. St Peter Port cable barrier operational after overhaul. At 18:45 Batterie Mirus and naval radar I (Guernsey) fired on two Spitfires passing from west towards south at 300–600 metres' range. No enemy action. Ammunition expenditure: 81 rounds of 2-cm ammunition.

Source of Information 

Roll 2422, scan 0810, original page 27.

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