31 May 1944 Part 2

31 May 1944 Part 2 Supply of the island of Jersey by air

Date note: 31 May 1944.

Seventh Army Headquarters Chief Quartermaster

Qu 1 No 8932/44 Secret

Army headquarters 31 May 1944

War diary copy Annex 49

Subject Supply of the island of Jersey by air

To LXXXIV Army Corps headquarters

Following examination by Airfield Headquarters A 11/XII of the sites proposed for dropping supplies and landing transport gliders, the following is communicated:

1. The airfield in the southwestern part of the island is suitable without restriction for landing transport gliders and dropping supplies, even in a larger-scale operation. Removal of the supplies can likewise be carried out without difficulty.

2. The site reconnoitred in the east of the island near Grande Chemins is also suitable for landing transport gliders and dropping supplies, but only on a substantially smaller scale.

3. The proposed glider site in the centre of the island near Pierre des Baisieres is unsuitable. It can be considered only as a supply-dropping area.

For Army Headquarters

The Chief Quartermaster

[Signature not confidently deciphered. Place names are transcribed as read from the scan; the third name is uncertain.]

German Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1571. Roll 1571 Jersey and Channel Islands English translations.docx, reference 16. Scan extracts: img040_02_1933_3936.jpg. Extract filenames identify the original image strip, section number and horizontal pixel boundaries; these are not archival frame numbers.