29 October 1942 Part 5a

29 October 1942 Part 5a Battery West and naval detection equipment on Alderney

Related existing record: 29 October 1942 Part 5 — 29 October 1942 Alderney battery readiness and loss on the Jersey route. This separate source account concerns material already represented in that record; it does not by itself establish an additional incident.

Naval Battery West on Alderney, with four 15 cm guns, is ready to fire by direct sighting. The Navy’s detection equipment on Alderney is operational.

Editorial note: Ortungsgerät is translated as detection equipment; the report does not identify its model.

German Army, Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1553. T312_R1553_Channel_Islands_English_Translation.docx, translated entry 20. Original source T312-1553.pdf, PDF page 175. PDF pages count from the first page and are not original folio or microfilm frame numbers.