24 October 1943 Part 1

24 October 1943 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

Weather: wind 270°, 3 m/sec. At 15:32 four British aircraft, probably Hurricanes, passed Casquets from north to south-east at a distance of 30 metres [as recorded]. They were engaged with 2-cm weapons; no hits or enemy effects were observed. Ammunition expenditure: nine 2-cm rounds. From 19:14 to 19:25 Batterie Steinbruch conducted calibre-practice firing at a towed target with illumination shells and searchlight illumination. Ammunition expenditure: forty-six 15-cm practice high-explosive rounds and fifteen 15-cm illumination shells.

T-1022 Roll 2422, scans 0713.