27 May 1943 Part 2

27–29 May 1943 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

No special occurrences.

Batterie Mirus: battery personnel continued work on the service building and gun wiring. Krupp fitters continued repairs to No. 1 gun. Embankment work at Nos. 2, 3 and 4 guns continued. Anti-aircraft position 2 was complete except for its interior fittings; shuttering of anti-aircraft position I progressed.

Battery Strasbourg: camouflage of all guns was finished, as was embankment work at the new fire-control post. Interior painting continued; lining the rooms and installing the ventilation systems progressed well. All water tanks were installed.

Battery Steinbruch: Organisation Todt excavated anti-aircraft positions I and II and constructed cable and drainage trenches. Preparations were made to pour the large ammunition bunker, and excavation was undertaken for water tanks at the machinery house. Interior fitting-out of the fire-control post progressed well. Installation of heating in gun bunker I continued. Engineer Staff 19 continued building the position for the second searchlight; battery personnel continued the communal barrack.

Batterie Lothringen: camouflage of searchlight B was completed. Wiring of the battery continued. The lower floor of the fire-control post was shuttered and was ready for pouring.

Naval Artillery Battalion 605 — Batterie Annes: the work already begun continued; otherwise there was no change from the preceding week.

T-1022 Roll 2422, PG 37997, scans 0646–0647.