27 February 1944 Part 3

27 February 1944 Army account of convoy engagement southwest of Corbière

Editorial note: Additional Seventh Army account of an incident already represented in the master; this is not an additional action. Enemy boat identification and the claimed fire aboard an attacker remain the report’s assessment.

a. On 27 February 1944 at about 0115, four nautical miles southwest of Pointe de la Corbière (southwestern corner of Jersey), our convoy of five ships was attacked, apparently by four enemy motor torpedo boats. One escort vessel damaged; one enemy motor torpedo boat set on fire by gunfire.

T-312 Roll 1570, Seventh Army records. Supplied English translation T312_R1570_English_Translation.docx. PDF page 323. Selected island-related extract; PDF page numbers refer to the source reel as numbered in the supplied translation.