31 May 1944 Part 1

31 May 1944 Part 1 Diary reference to island air-supply sites

Date note: 31 May 1944.

31 May 1944

General

Notification to LXXXIV Army Corps headquarters concerning the suitability of the proposed supply-dropping areas and glider landing grounds on the Channel Islands. [Annex 49.]

Special Supply Instructions No. 44/44. [Annex 50.]

Report by Commander Army Supply Troops 575 on the state of defensive readiness at the supply strongpoints. [Annex 51.]

Ammunition

Army headquarters arranges the return to Main Ammunition Depot Scharnhorst of 1,794 prohibited fifth charges for the 15.2 cm gun-howitzer 433 (Russian) and 14,232 prohibited sixth charges for the 12.2 cm heavy field howitzer 396 (Russian).

The ammunition leaflet “Provisional safety regulations for storing ammunition in caves” is distributed down to divisions and Army ammunition depots. Where the regulations cannot be complied with, application for approval must be made to Army headquarters/Chief Quartermaster. Army headquarters asks Army Group D that the requirement for separate storage areas for fixed and separate-loading ammunition, and separate storage of fuzes, be waived for caves and tunnels.

Motor transport

LXXIV Army Corps headquarters reports the following destroyed by enemy aircraft during rail transport: twenty passenger cars, hired French civilian vehicles; four RSO tracked tractors; one self-propelled vehicle; and one ammunition tractor.

Administrative services

Activity report for 16–31 May 1944. [Annex 52.]

Medical services

Activity report for 16–31 May 1944. [Annex 53.]

German Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1571. Roll 1571 Jersey and Channel Islands English translations.docx, reference 10. Scan extracts: img029_03_3896_5847.jpg. Extract filenames identify the original image strip, section number and horizontal pixel boundaries; these are not archival frame numbers.