7 May 1944

Summary

Coastal battery firing or engagement. Air or sea observations. Weather report

Location Details

Battery Strassburg

Diary Entry

7 May 1944 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

Weather: wind from 90°, 1 metre per second. 11:54–11:55: Batterie Strassburg fired with a 2-cm Oerlikon on a Thunderbolt flying from 90° towards 270°, range 1,800 metres, altitude 1,000 metres. No effect of hits observed; no enemy counteraction; no German losses. Ammunition expenditure: sixty 2-cm Oerlikon rounds.

Source of Information

Roll 2422, scan 0830, original page 43.