26 June 1944 Part 5

26 June 1944 Part 5 Enemy aircraft shot down over Alderney

Date note: 26 June 1944.

Secret. Seventh Army Headquarters, Ia, to Army Group B Headquarters. Ia morning report, 26 June 1944.

LXXXVI Army Corps. In 711th Infantry Division’s sector, enemy naval artillery harassing fire on the Franceville area. Our harassing fire against enemy communications and artillery positions.

[Deleted in source: From 00:06 our aircraft over the enemy beach; flashes and detonations observed.]

In 346th Infantry Division’s sector, enemy assault patrol repulsed. Isolated artillery and mortar concentrations. In Battle Group von Luck’s sector, strong tracked-vehicle noise in the Escoville area.

I SS Panzer Corps. Offensive and defensive fighting around Tilly subsided about 01:00. Throughout the sector, no combat apart from artillery harassing fire which occasionally increases to heavy concentrations. Enemy on the Roesel–Bretteville–Vendes road.

XXXXVII Panzer Corps. Enemy aircraft over the main line of resistance; otherwise nothing special to report.

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II Parachute Corps. Report still outstanding.

LXXXIV Army Corps. In 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division’s sector, two assault patrols advancing after extremely heavy artillery preparation were repulsed. Elsewhere in the corps sector, heavy artillery harassing fire.

Group von Schlieben. Owing to intermittent interruption of communications, no new reports yet.

In the remainder of the Army area, nothing special apart from ships detected north of Perros and enemy aircraft passing through. One enemy aircraft shot down over Alderney.

Seventh Army Headquarters, Ia No. 1823/44 Secret. After dispatch: Senior Quartermaster; Ia [source]; Air Force Liaison Officer; Ia/war diary; O1.

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