11 June 1944
Summary
Air attack or aircraft engagement. Coastal battery firing or engagement. Air or sea observations
Location Details
Guernsey; Alderney; Casquets; Cap de la Hague; Battery Mirus; Battery Annes
Diary Entry
11 June 1944
At 02:26 German patrol craft engaged enemy motor torpedo boats between Cap de la Hague and Guernsey. At 11:46 Battery Annes, Alderney, engaged an enemy destroyer north of the island; it withdrew at high speed under smoke without an observed hit. Six Flying Fortresses over Guernsey were engaged by the anti-aircraft weapons of Batteries Mirus and Steinbruch, which claimed two aircraft shot down. A Liberator attack on the Casquets produced no observed result. [T-1022/2174, PG 38468, scans 0374-0375]
Source of Information
T-1022 Rolls 2174–2175, Admiral Channel Coast. Source section in Version 1.74.