17 May 1944

Summary

Coastal battery firing or engagement. Readiness or defensive orders. Training or inspection

Location Details

Battery Mirus

Diary Entry

17 May 1944 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

Weather: wind from 315°, 7 metres per second. At 11:00 [time partly obscured] Batterie Mirus conducted practice firing with 7.62-cm and 2-cm weapons during a combat-readiness inspection. Ammunition expenditure: eight 7.62-cm and one hundred 2-cm Oerlikon rounds.

Source of Information

Roll 2422, scan 0839, original page 51.