9 September 1942 Part 4

9 September 1942 Alderney Harbour Commandant diary

Partly cloudy, visibility 10 nautical miles, WSW 3–4, sea 2. 0700: FK 04/21 returned from patrol. 0725: Vp 207/209 departed for Cherbourg with Georgi, Dorsch, Antonius and Weber. 0745: Vp 208/212 arrived from Guernsey with Claus and tugs Elbe and B 123 S. 0845: Vp 208/212 departed for Cherbourg with Spes Salutis, tug Elbe and one barge.

1620: The convoy Vp 207/209, Tinda and Henka, en route from Cherbourg to Alderney, was attacked by 21 Spitfires ten kilometres north-east of Alderney lighthouse. Henka received a bomb hit aft, caught fire and drifted in a sinking condition towards direction 4. The convoy had one dead, five seriously wounded and eighteen lightly wounded; the injured were treated by the island’s doctors. 1705: Vp 207/209 arrived from Cherbourg with Tinda. 1800: Vp 207/209 departed for Cherbourg. 1830: HS 184/187 arrived from Guernsey. 2135: FK 08/22 went to patrol position. [Aircraft count and casualty figures are those of this diary.]

T-1022 Roll 2422, PG 37995, scan 0415.