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9 September 1944 Part 1
Summary
US Navy — Morning return and renewed patrol with Borum and Maloy support.
Location Details
Sark; Jobourg; Roches Douvres; Les Hanois
Diary Entry
9 September 1944 US Navy Sark patrol returns and six boats sail again
PT 500 and PT 508 secured at 0500 and moored at 0730 on 9 September after the previous night’s patrol. [J screenshot 2]
At 2015 on 9 September PT 507, PT 506, PT 503, PT 502, PT 501 and PT 499 sailed and assumed patrol at 2130: two boats at 015°, ten miles from Sark Light, and four at 115°, five miles from the light. Borum’s patrol area was 080°, six miles from Roches Douvres; Maloy’s was 000°, eighteen miles from Les Hanois. CTU 125.4.4 was to vector from Jobourg under CTF 125 secret dispatch 101517. [J screenshot 2]
Source of Information
US Navy. Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 34, September 1944 war diary submitted 9 October 1944, source set J, screenshot 2. Supplied compilation: Jersey Convoy Action 13 to 14 August 1944.docx. Set letters and page or screenshot numbers refer to that compilation.