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30 October 1944 Part 8
Summary
Aircraft movements and observations. Air or sea observations. Shipping and convoy movements
Location Details
Jersey; Guernsey; Alderney; Cherbourg
Diary Entry
Continuation: 30 October; entries for 31 October 1944
19:21–19:43 — Alderney
The naval radar station detected a target in grid square B.F. 3516, course east.
Intention: F.K. 01/56 to return from Jersey to Guernsey at 08:30 on 2 November 1944.
Enemy vessels observed during the day in convoy traffic — from Cherbourg: one auxiliary aircraft carrier, one L.S.T. and one larger target identified by the Alderney naval radar station. To Cherbourg: three larger targets identified by the Alderney naval radar station. In grid square B.F. 3516, north of Alderney: one escort destroyer on varying courses.
Source of Information
T-1022 Roll 2423, PG 37998, Commander of Sea Defences, Channel Islands. Source scan 0027 — original page 219