27 October 1943 Part 1

Summary

Coastal battery firing or engagement. Training or inspection. Weather report

Location Details

Jersey; St Aubin’s Bay

Diary Entry

27 October 1943 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

Weather: wind 180°, 3 m/sec. From 07:43 to 13:32 Army Coastal Batteries 356, 469, 468 and 467 conducted calibre-practice firing at a towed target. Ammunition expenditure: Army Coastal Battery 356, thirty 15.5-cm rounds; Army Coastal Battery 469, thirty 21-cm rounds; Army Coastal Battery 468, thirty 21-cm rounds; Army Coastal Battery 467, thirty 21-cm rounds. No objections were raised. At 20:05 St Aubin lower light, Jersey, was out of action; at 21:30 it was operational again.

Source of Information

T-1022 Roll 2422, scans 0714.