WW2 Anti-Aircraft Batteries in Jersey

German Anti-Aircraft

Batteries on Jersey

On the German range map above you can see the anti-aircraft ranges marked as circles filled with stripes. By late 1944 the Germans on Jersey had 144 light/medium anti-aircraft (AA) guns and 37 Heavy guns (88's). These were manned by the Airforce (Luftwaffe), Army (Heer) and Navy (Kriegsmarine). Its worth noting that most strongpoints and resistance nests also had smaller calibre machine gun AA positions.

In October 1943 the Luftwaffe on Jersey was organised as "Mixed Anti-Aircraft Battalion 364" (Gemischte Flak Abteilung 364). Its worth noting that the 8,8 guns and many of the other calibre weapons could be used by the Germans as artillery against sea and land targets. Below is a map showing all of the flak defences in Normandy, Brittany and the Channel Islands in late1943. You can see the Channel Islands are used not only to defend the Germans their but also the west coast aproaches of Normandy.

Even with all the guns and Batteries in place the planes carring US paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st Airborne, pass between Alderney and Guernsey on the way in to the landing points in Normandy on the 6th of June 1944. Below is a map showing the route. We will be writing up on thier encounter with the Channel Island batteries in a future post.

Below is our work on finding as many of these batteries as possible on Jersey. We hope to bring you Guernsey, Alderney and Normday in 2019. To see the Jersey batteries on an interactive map please click here.

Luftwaffe Heavy Batteries

1./GemFlakAbt 364

La Moye Point (Batterie Roon)
6 x 8.8 Flak 36/37 Guns
3 x 2cm Flak 38
1 x Würzburg Reise Radar

2./GemFlakAbt 364

South of Les Gellettes
6 x 8.8 Flak 36/37 Guns
3 x 2cm Flak 38

3./GemFlakAbt 364

Mont Rossignol
6 x 8.8 Flak 36/37 Guns
3 x 2cm Flak 38
1 x 150cm searchlight
1 x Würzburg Reise Radar

4./GemFlakAbt 364

Le Mont Gavey St John
6 x 8.8 Flak 36/37 Guns
3 x 2cm Flak 38
1 x Würzburg Reise Radar

5./GemFlakAbt 364

SW of Green Farm St Martin
6 x 8.8 Flak 36/37 Guns
3 x 2cm Flak 38
1 x Würzburg Reise Radar

6./GemFlakAbt 364

Queens Road
6 x 8.8 Flak 36/37 Guns
3 x 2cm Flak 38
1 x Würzburg Reise Radar
L403 Command Bunker

Luftwaffe Medium Batteries

I./9.GemFlakAbt 364

Batterie Moltke
3 x 3.7 Flak 36/37 Guns
1 x 60cm Searchlight

II./9.GemFlakAbt 364

Batterie Ludendorff
3 x 3.7 Flak 36/37 Guns
1 x 60cm Searchlight

III./9.GemFlakAbt 364

Near Greenhills
3 x 3.7 Flak 36/37 Guns
1 x 60cm Searchlight

IV./9.GemFlakAbt 364

Flakmast | (carrefour selous)
3 x 3.7 Flak 36/37 Guns
1 x 60cm Searchlight

V./9.GemFlakAbt 364

La Rue de la Chesnaie (Trinity)
3 x 3.7 Flak 36/37 Guns
1 x 60cm Searchlight

VI./9.GemFlakAbt 364

Near the JEC Power station

(now power house)
3 x 3.7 Flak 36/37 Guns
1 x 60cm Searchlight

Luftwaffe Light Batteries

I./7.GemFlakAbt 364

Fort Regent
3 x 2cm Flak 38 Guns
1 x 60cm Searchlight

II./7.GemFlakAbt 364

Albert Pier
3 x 2cm Flak 38 Guns
1 x 60cm Searchlight

III./7.GemFlakAbt 364

Elizabeth Castle
2 x 2cm Flak 38 Guns
1 x 60cm Searchlight

IV./7.GemFlakAbt 364

St Helier Harbour
3 x 2cm Flak 38 Guns
1 x 60cm Searchlight

V./7.GemFlakAbt 364

Fountain Lane
3 x 2cm Flak 38 Guns
1 x 60cm Searchlight

I./8.GemFlakAbt 364

Field 1234
3 x 2cm Flak 38 Guns
1 x 60cm Searchlight

II./8.GemFlakAbt 364

Oaklands Lane St Helier
3 x 2cm Flak 38 Guns
1 x 60cm Searchlight

III./8.GemFlakAbt 364

East of La Rue des Raisies St Martin
3 x 2cm Flak 38 Guns
1 x 60cm Searchlight

IV./8.GemFlakAbt 364

JEC site
3 x 2cm Flak 38 Guns
1 x 60cm Searchlight