5 August 1943 Part 2

5 August 1943 Normandy radar reports concerning the Channel Islands

Normandy radar reporting station — 1943-08-05

Sea area northwest of Cherbourg; wind S–SW4–5, good visibility, occasional rain towards midnight.

0255: Air Force WR240 detects unknown target at 51°, 20 km (BF3528). 0304: New detection by WR240 at 34°, 20 km. Subsequently target no longer discernible. Owing to absence of reliable detections, including by naval sets, target assessed as false detections, rather than unknown or enemy target.

0329: Air Force WR240 detects hostile target at 245°, 41 km in BF3547. Speed and course frequently changing and improbable. Enemy signal after five detections. 0345: Detections immediately to Sea Commandant Normandy. 0352: WR240 loses target. 0355: Sea Commandant Channel Islands informed. 0400: Wimille Radar Centre informed for Commander of E-boats. Employment of naval sets here unsuccessful owing to insufficient range. Possibly detection of own Alderney–Guernsey fishing boats, despite contradictory courses. Eight locating signals transmitted for navigational assistance to own craft.

T-1022 Roll 2448, T1022_R2448_English_Translation.docx. Archive and frame references follow.
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