6 December 1942 Part 1

6 December 1942 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

Weather: wind from 315°, 2–3 m/s.

0900: FK 06 and FK 13 destroy a mine 500 metres north of the St Peter Port approach buoy, grid BF 2571, left edge centre [grid retained as printed]. Ammunition: 234 rounds of 2-cm and 631 machine-gun rounds. 1300: Harbour protection boats destroy a mine in the centre of BF 3578; 250 machine-gun rounds.

2348–2357: The anti-aircraft weapons of Batteries West and Elsass engage two aircraft. No hits observed. Ammunition: 338 rounds of 2-cm and 25 MG 34 rounds. The radar equipment at Le Marchant is technically unserviceable until further notice.

Signed Steinbach.

T-1022 Roll 2422, scan 0566.