5 November 1944 Part 11

Summary

Aircraft movements and observations. Air or sea observations. Shipping and convoy movements

Location Details

Cherbourg

Diary Entry

Continuation: 5 November; entries for 6 November 1944

18:00

Weather: wind west-south-west, force 2–3; sea state 1–2; visibility 12–15 nautical miles; cloud 6/10; cloud base 1,200 metres.

Enemy convoy traffic observed during the day — to Cherbourg: nine L.S.T.s, one destroyer and four larger targets. From Cherbourg: three L.S.I.s, one freighter and one auxiliary aircraft carrier.

Source of Information

T-1022 Roll 2423, PG 37998, Commander of Sea Defences, Channel Islands. Source scan 0048 — original page 232