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9 June 1942 Part 3

Summary

Alderney Harbour Captain diary

Location Details

Guernsey; Alderney; St Malo; Cherbourg

Diary Entry

9 June 1942 Alderney Harbour Captain diary

Light cloud, N 1–2, visibility 10 nautical miles, sea 2. 0300: Vp section 203 arrived from Guernsey with RO 8 and Antonius. 0345: HS 183 returned from patrol. 0420: HS 12/183 departed for Cherbourg. 0445: Vp section 206 departed for Cherbourg with Dorsch, Lena, Weber, Claus and tug C 33 S. 0505: Air-sea rescue boat 602 entered because the danger from aircraft at sea was too great. 0610: HS 3 returned from patrol. 0830: Vp section 203 departed for St Malo with RO 8. 2030: Stevedore foreman Winter, injured the previous day when a hatch cover fell on his body in Antonius’s hold, was taken aboard air-sea rescue boat 602. 2150: Boat 602 departed for Cherbourg. 2305–2315: Air danger. 2320: HS 3/192 went to patrol position.

Source of Information 

T-1022 Roll 2422, PG 37995, scan 0384.

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