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25 November 1944 Part 11

Summary

Aircraft movements and observations. Air or sea observations. Shipping and convoy movements

Location Details

Cherbourg

Diary Entry

25 November 1944

22:00

Order to all subordinate duty stations: from 22:10 until further notice, lights and firing at aerial targets were prohibited, except during an attack by enemy aircraft. This measure was intended to protect an announced supply aircraft.

Enemy vessels observed during the day in convoy traffic: to Cherbourg, three transports (three masts, one funnel), three freighters and one auxiliary aircraft carrier; towards England, three transports (three masts, one funnel) and four freighters, probably Liberty ships.

Paragraph 4.

Source of Information 

T-1022 Roll 2423, PG 37998, Commander of Sea Defences, Channel Islands. Source scan 0092 — original page 268

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