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25 August 1944 Part 1

Summary

Patrol off Jersey

Location Details

Jersey; Sark; La Corbière

Diary Entry

25 August 1944 Patrol off Jersey

Source: US Navy MTB Squadron 34, war diary; NARA RG 38, NAID 139734947; scan 0974 (S09); US Navy MTB Squadron 30, war diary; NARA RG 38, NAID 78624800; scan 0251 (S08), scan 0252 (S10).

Summary: Borum, PT 499, PT 508, PT 456 and PT 461 patrolled off La Corbière from 2200 to first light without incident. Squadron 30 records PT 456 and PT 461 sailing at 1613 and taking station at 2310, six miles from Sark Light.

Editorial note: The diary accounts are linked as the same nightly deployment; their positions remain source-specific.

Source of Information 

Source: US Navy MTB Squadron 34, war diary; NARA RG 38, NAID 139734947; scan 0974 (S09); US Navy MTB Squadron 30, war diary; NARA RG 38, NAID 78624800; scan 0251 (S08), scan 0252 (S10).
External source images (CSV contains no embedded images): New embedded diary images named by date/24 August 1944 - USN Squadron 34 - NAID 139734947 - Image 15 - scan 0974.jpg; New embedded diary images named by date/22 August 1944 - USN Squadron 30 - NAID 78624800 - Image 05 - scan 0251.jpg; New embedded diary images named by date/25 August 1944 - USN Squadron 30 - NAID 78624800 - Image 06 - scan 0252.jpg
NARA catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139734947; NARA catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78624800

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