8 November 1942 Part 2a

8 November 1942 Part 2a Spitfire shot down over Guernsey

Related existing record: 8 November 1942 Part 2 — 8 November 1942 Guernsey Harbour Commandant report. This separate source account concerns material already represented in that record; it does not by itself establish an additional incident.

At 10.30 hours, a Spitfire was shot down by German fighters over Guernsey’s south coast. The pilot was captured and the aircraft destroyed.

German Army, Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1553. T312_R1553_Channel_Islands_English_Translation.docx, translated entry 22. Original source T312-1553.pdf, PDF pages 147, 148. PDF pages count from the first page and are not original folio or microfilm frame numbers.