31 May 1943 Part 5

31 May 1943 Ninety day generator fuel reserve required on the islands

Subject: delivery and reserve holdings of emergency generating sets for the Atlantic Wall.

Extract: procurement of 2,400 emergency generating sets is intended for lighting command posts, batteries and resistance nests. So far, 159 sets have been delivered. At an annual average operating time of 4½ hours a day, each set requires 3 litres of petrol daily. The reserve per generating set should therefore be: on the islands, 90 days, equal to 270 litres.

Editorial note: The equipment totals concern the wider Atlantic Wall programme in this letter, not the Channel Islands alone. The island reserve clause is general; Jersey is not individually named.

Original source image 00309.jpg — T-312 Roll 1563. Ninety day generator fuel reserve required on the islands.

German Seventh Army records, NARA T-312 Roll 1563. T312_R1563_Jersey_and_Channel_Islands_English_Translation.docx. File 41703/37 • Scan 00309 • Army Engineer Commander 7. Local scan references identify the supplied image filenames, not substituted microfilm frame numbers.