7 December 1942 Part 6a
Summary
Aircraft shot down over the islands. Additional German source account relating to 7 December 1942 Part 6.
Location Details
Channel Islands; Cotentin
Diary Entry
7 December 1942 Part 6a Aircraft shot down over the islands
Related existing record: 7 December 1942 Part 6 — 7 December 1942 Night air activity and island antiaircraft claims. This separate source account concerns material already represented in that record; it does not by itself establish an additional incident.
Between 22.00 and 24.00 hours [on 6 December], several enemy aircraft were over the Cotentin peninsula. On their return flight, one aircraft was shot down over the Channel Islands.
Source of Information
German Army, Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1553. T312_R1553_Channel_Islands_English_Translation.docx, translated entry 37. Original source T312-1553.pdf, PDF pages 66, 67. PDF pages count from the first page and are not original folio or microfilm frame numbers.
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