9 January 1943 Part 1

Summary

Aircraft movements and observations. Battery construction or maintenance. Military organisation or personnel

Location Details

Battery Mirus; Battery Steinbruch; Battery Strassburg

Diary Entry

9 January 1943 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

Weather: wind from 135°, 13 m/s.

No special events. Construction, M.A.A. 604: Battery Mirus — interior fitting-out progresses. The L.B.K. equipment has arrived and installation has begun. Ammunition replenishment bunker II has been poured. Excavation has begun for the permanent construction of the first 2-cm anti-aircraft position.

Battery Strassburg — the temporary control post’s interior is complete. Shuttering and reinforcement of the main control post’s second storey progress. Battery Steinbruch — shuttering and reinforcement for the main control post’s second storey progress. Gun 3’s crew bunker is now being shuttered; the working slab for gun 2’s is being concreted.

Signed on behalf of the commanding officer [signature not securely read].

Source of Information

T-1022 Roll 2422, PG 37997, scan 0584.