26 May 1944 Part 3

Summary

New Guernsey and Jersey anti-aircraft batteries reported ready to fire.

Location Details

Jersey; Guernsey

Diary Entry

26 May 1944 New anti aircraft batteries ready to fire

Editorial note: Alarmflak batteries were anti-aircraft units mobilised for alarm or emergency defence. This entry records readiness, not an engagement.

The newly arrived emergency anti-aircraft batteries on Guernsey and Jersey, each with fifteen 2 cm guns, are ready to fire.

Original source image — T-312 Roll 1564, PDF page 276. New anti aircraft batteries ready to fire.

Source of Information

German Seventh Army records, NARA T-312 Roll 1564. T312_R1564_Jersey_and_Channel_Islands_English_Translation.docx, extract 28. Seventh Army war diary. Source PDF page 276. PDF page numbers count from the first page of T312-1564.pdf, not the photographed frame or handwritten folio.