7 January 1945 Part 5

7 January 1945 Lightning loss and capture of Second Lieutenant Moutray

Editorial note: Supplementary account of the Lightning loss already recorded on 7 January in T-1022 Roll 2422, scan 0760, original diary page 13. That diary gives 17:25, a land crash, recovery of the pilot from St Brelade’s Bay by Hummerboot 3, and his belief that he was over the Isle of Wight. J-2808 gives 17:08 and capture at 19:30, and adds the pilot’s identity and hospital status. Both reported times are retained without reconciliation. This is the same incident, not an additional aircraft loss or combat action.

Summary card and file record

Source page 1: Folder cover marked J 2808; no other text. Source page 2: Summary card.

File reference: J-2808; Aircraft: Lightning; Date and time: 7 January 1945, 17:08; Location: Island of Jersey (coordinate reference); Message reference: Radio message of 11 January; General of the Luftwaffe, Channel Islands; Pilot: 2nd Lt. Moutray, Keiley [?]; Status: Pilot captured; Jersey hospital.

Dulag Luft, Wetzlar
Received 15 January 1945
Central card index and reporting office

Other marks: red boxed “J”; faint pencil annotation [unclear]; an overwritten abbreviation precedes the date [unclear].

Translator’s note: The first name on this card appears as “Keiley” followed by a question mark. The telegram on source page 4 gives “KELLEYR”. Both forms are preserved without correcting the name.

Source page 3: Record form. The handwritten number 2808 is the only completed entry; the date, time, place, type or model, and remarks fields are blank. Printer’s line: S 5863/44, Heidelberger Gutenberg Printing Company Ltd., V. 44.

Secret teleprinter message

Source page 4. Routing and receipt details:

Teleprinter station: [faint stamp: Oberursel; remaining characters unclear].
Teleprinter identifier: [blank]. Serial number: [faint entry unclear].
Accepted / recorded: 11 January, 23:45; from LLGN; by [signature unclear].
Forwarded: date, time, recipient and operator [obscured or unclear beneath the receipt stamp].
Roll: [no legible entry].

Receipt stamp: Dulag Luft, Wetzlar; received 15 January 1945; Central card index and reporting office.
Other marks: red boxed “J”; handwritten “J 2808”.

SECRET
++ SSD LLDE 746 11/1. 1815.=
TO DULAG OBERURSEL.=

SUBJECT: SHOOTING DOWN OF A LIGHTNING ON JERSEY. COORDINATE VALUES: R 269 120, H 174 680, ON 7 JANUARY 1945 AT 17:08.

DETAILS OF THE PRISONER:
Surname: MOUTRAY
First name: KELLEYR
Rank: SECOND LIEUTENANT
Identification disc number: T I 90 777/44/O/
Whereabouts: Local hospital, Jersey; captured, slightly wounded.
Place and time of capture: BRELADESBY, 19:30.

SCHOP, GENERAL OF THE LUFTWAFFE, CHANNEL ISLANDS, SECTION I C. +
(CORRESPONDENCE REGISTER NUMBER MISSING BECAUSE RECEIVED BY RADIO MESSAGE.)

Form labels and translation notes

Printed labels: Remarks; Teleprinter message; To. Left margin: “This part is completed by the teleprinter office”; “Binding edge”. Printer’s code: 100 000. 2. 43. K 0965.

“R” and “H” denote the grid easting and northing. “BRELADESBY” is retained as typed; it appears to refer to St Brelade’s Bay. “KELLEYR” and the identification-disc characters are transcribed as visible. “Dulag” denotes a transit camp. “I C” is the intelligence section; “SCHOP” is retained as the source’s sender designation. Message codes and punctuation are preserved.

J-2808, Box 164, Record 6922153; supplied English translation J2808 English Translation.docx, source pages 1–4. Secret message of 11 January 1945, received at Dulag Luft, Wetzlar, on 15 January 1945. Placed under the stated incident date.