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31 October 1944
Summary
Air attack or aircraft engagement. Coastal battery firing or engagement. Air or sea observations
Location Details
Alderney
Diary Entry
31 October 1944
12:40 — Alderney
Battery Elsaß engaged two Spitfires flying close above the sea past Alderney’s north-west coast. No hits were observed. Ammunition expenditure: 13 rounds, 2 cm. The aircraft departed southwards. They were probably searching for the Douglas C-47 shot down on the previous day.
Source of Information
T-1022 Roll 2423, PG 37998, Commander of Sea Defences, Channel Islands. Source scan 0027 — original page 219
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