28 July 1943 Part 2

28 July 1943 Normandy radar reports concerning the Channel Islands

Normandy radar reporting station — 1943-07-28

Top secret command matter. Sea area northwest of Cherbourg; calm, sea 0–1, layer of fog from 0000.

0153: Cap de la Hague 2 reports unknown targets in BF3543, assessed as hostile because general course and speed suspicious. 0200, 0203, 0231, 0243: locating signals.

0156: Commander of E-boats informed, detections continually transmitted. 0230: Battle communications circuit with Battery 4/706. 0255: Battery 4/706 fires illumination fan; after two salvos of three rounds each no defensive reaction. 0307: Cap de la Hague 1 loses target. 0316: Cap de la Hague 2 loses target. Probably fog echoes.

0149–0321: Jersey radar has unknown detections with disconnected courses and improbable speeds, assessed as false/fog echoes. No signal. Four locating signals for navigational assistance to own forces.

0050–0126: Radar continuously tracks aircraft [“in sea area” crossed out] off Cherbourg.

T-1022 Roll 2448, T1022_R2448_English_Translation.docx. Archive and frame references follow.
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