27 November 1943 Part 2

27 November 1943 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

No special occurrences. Construction report, Naval Artillery Battalion 604.

Batterie Mirus: interior work continued in anti-aircraft positions Nos. 1, 2 and 9, and wiring in positions Nos. 4, 5 and 7. The day room at No. 2 gun was completed. Camouflage at all guns was improved by planting. Road work at No. 2 gun continued. A drainage ditch was dug at the farmhouse and communication trenches at all guns. An auxiliary post at No. 4 gun was camouflaged with screens. Krupp fitters continued work on No. 3 gun.

Batterie Steinbruch: work continued on crew bunker No. 1 and anti-aircraft bunkers Nos. 1, 2 and 4. Anti-aircraft bunker No. 2 was occupied. Camouflage and expansion of the infantry positions continued. The galley interior was completed and the galley occupied. Organisation Todt's camouflage firm completed camouflage of anti-aircraft bunker No. 2, while the gardening firm carried out banking at anti-aircraft position No. 3.

Batterie Strassburg: close-defence work continued. Organisation Todt continued levelling the foreground, completed painting the fire-control post and continued camouflaging the battery.

Batterie Lothringen: rifle positions and splinter-proof conversion of the ammunition shelter at No. 1 gun continued. Installation of the armoured hoods and relocation of the cartridges were completed. Doors were made for the ammunition bunkers and concrete screens were cast to protect the ready-use ammunition niches beside the guns from splinters.

T-1022 Roll 2422, scans 0729–0730.