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27 October 1944 Part 6

Summary

Air or sea observations. Shipping and convoy movements. Weather report

Location Details

Cherbourg

Diary Entry

27 October 1944

18:00

Weather: wind north-west, force 4–5; sea state 2–3; visibility 12 nautical miles; cloud 9/10; cloud base 900 metres.

Enemy vessels observed during the day in convoy traffic — from Cherbourg: five freighters (one funnel, two masts), one escort destroyer, one hospital ship and five smoke plumes. To Cherbourg: 13 L.S.T.s.

Source of Information 

T-1022 Roll 2423, PG 37998, Commander of Sea Defences, Channel Islands. Source scan 0022 — original page 214

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