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12 April 1944
Summary
Readiness or defensive orders. Training or inspection. Weather report
Location Details
Jersey; Alderney; Battery Annes; Battery Elsass
Diary Entry
12 April 1944 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary
Weather: wind from 135°, 2 metres per second. 15:45–16:10: alert firing exercise by Alderney Group. Ammunition expenditure: Batterie Annes, sixteen 15-cm high-explosive shells; Batterie Elsass, twelve practice shells.
18:45: No. 2 gun of 2./1265 (Jersey) unavailable for three to four days owing to modification.
Source of Information
Roll 2422, scan 0817, original page 33.
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