3rd October 2023, 16:42
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Re: Attack on Brest 11 Feb 42
From the American translation of the Seekriegsleitung KTB:
Channel Breakthrough:
On the evening of 11 Feb. 67 enemy planes flew over the area of western France, concentrating on Brest. An air raid warning was sounded in Brest between 2035 and 2217.
The departure of the Brest vessels (Commanding Admiral, Battleships aboard the SCHARNHORST, the GNEISENAU, the PRINZ EUGEN; Commander, Destroyers aboard destroyer Z "29"; Commander of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla aboard the BEITZEN; the JACOBI, the IHN, the SCHOEMANN, and destroyer Z "25") was therefore delayed from 2035 to 2200, and then proceeded according to plan.
The 6th PT Boat Flotilla departed in two groups for a torpedo mission off Folkestone and Beachy Head. Radio monitoring intercepted continuous enemy reports about locating both task forces. A British motor gunboat flotilla leader was located 7 miles southwest of Dover. |