31 July 1941 Part 4

31 July 1941 Antiaircraft forces on the Channel Islands

[Scan 1163.jpg] According to telephone information from Cavalry Captain Drews, Army Group D headquarters, on 31 July 1941, the following antiaircraft forces are on the Channel Islands. Final list:

Alderney: 1st Battery/Reserve Antiaircraft Battalion 496 (8.8 cm); two light platoons of 3rd Battery/Reserve Antiaircraft Battalion 731 (2 cm); six Oerlikon antiaircraft guns (2 cm). Guernsey: headquarters, Reserve Antiaircraft Battalion 124; 2nd and 3rd Batteries/124 (8.8 cm); 4th and 5th Batteries/124 (2 cm); eight Oerlikon antiaircraft guns (2 cm). Jersey: headquarters, Reserve Antiaircraft Battalion 911; 1st Battery/124 (8.8 cm); 2nd Battery/911 (2 cm); six Oerlikon antiaircraft guns (2 cm).

1st Battery/Reserve Antiaircraft Battalion 911 (3.7 cm) will be brought to Granville on 5 August. File under “Channel Islands.”

Original source image 1163.jpg — T-78 Roll 317. Antiaircraft forces on the Channel Islands.

German Army High Command records, T-78 Roll 317. Supplied English translation T78_Roll_317_English_Translation.docx. Source images: 1163.jpg.