23 November 1942 Part 1

23 November 1942 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

Weather: wind from 70°, 2–3 metres per second.

About 03:30: a British aircraft described as a “Lencester” made an emergency landing on Sark. Its three-man crew were captured by Army units and handed over to the Luftwaffe on Guernsey. [Aircraft designation reproduced as printed; the diary’s identification is not independently confirmed.] 09:14: 319th Infantry Division cancelled “Threatened danger”.

Full-calibre practice firing at an 8 × 40-metre towed target: Batterie Steinbruch, 11:51–12:03, forty-three 15-cm rounds; Batterie Mirus, 14:15–14:30, forty 30.5-cm rounds; Batterie Strassburg, 17:08–17:22, forty 22-cm rounds.

From 18:00, 319th Infantry Division ordered “Threatened danger”. 18:10: a harbour-protection boat destroyed a mine near Sark, expending one 2-cm round and 150 rifle rounds. Otherwise no special occurrences.

Signed Steinbach.

T-1022 Roll 2422, PG 37996, scans 0556.