13 January 1945

13 January 1945

08:00 — Wind east-north-east 6–8; sea 5–6; visibility 2 nautical miles; cloud 8/10; cloud base 800 metres. 12:00 — Wind east-north-east 7–8; sea 5; visibility 4 nautical miles; cloud 9/10; cloud base 1,000 metres.

17:50 — A ban on lights and firing was ordered from 19:00 for the take-off of the German supply aircraft, except in the event of enemy attack.

18:00 — Wind north-north-east 7–8; sea 5–6; visibility 4 nautical miles; overcast; cloud base 500 metres. The He 111 departed at 19:37 and the ban was lifted. As no parachutes were available, neither officers nor wounded men could be evacuated. [A handwritten marginal annotation is partly illegible.]

22:45, Alderney — Several flares or tracer fire were observed north-north-west at about 25 kilometres, together with flashes at sea very far to the south-west. Alderney radar was brought into use but detected nothing (continued on original diary page 20, scan 0767).

T-1022 Roll 2422, PG 37998, Commander of Sea Defences, Channel Islands. T-1022 Roll 2422 — source scan 0766 (original diary page 19)