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7 December 1942 Part 1
Summary
Air attack or aircraft engagement. Shipping loss or rescue. Air or sea observations
Location Details
Jersey; Guernsey; St Brelade; La Corbière; St Malo; Battery Lothringen; Battery Elsass
Diary Entry
7 December 1942 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary
Weather: wind from 225°, 5 m/s.
1345: Eight to ten Spitfires attack a St Malo–Jersey–Guernsey convoy off Corbière–St Brelade’s Bay, Jersey, at 49°09′30″ N, 2°12′50″ W. Coastal motor vessel Kronwyk is sunk by a bomb hit. Coastal motor vessel Derfflinger receives a bomb hit on the forecastle and enters Jersey with the convoy. One enemy aircraft is reported shot down. Own casualties: four dead and nine wounded. Battery Lothringen’s anti-aircraft weapons take part in engaging the attackers; ammunition: 176 rounds of 2-cm Oerlikon.
2000: Radar II, Le Marchant, ready again. 2145: Battery Elsass’s anti-aircraft weapons engage a Spitfire. No hits observed. Ammunition: 50 rounds of 2-cm.
Signed Steinbach.
Source of Information
T-1022 Roll 2422, scan 0567.