War Diary: 114th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment

Month and year: December 1944

The 114th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment December 1944 war diary includes the death Cpl. H. Husband (ACC) and injuring of Gnrs. R. Casey, and J. H. Petcher when a long-range projectile fell on a cinema in ANTWERP.

National Archive Reference: WO 171/1132

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Date	Hour	Summary of Events and Information	References to Appendices
1/15.		Nothing of interest to report. Long-range projectiles continue to fall in area.
16		Cpl. Husband, H. (ACC) killed and Gnrs.Casey,R and Petcher, J. H. injured when long-range projectile fell on cinema in ANTWERP.
17		Report on Immediate post War & Short View Requirements for AA Arty submitted to 5 RM AA Bde.	Appx. "A",
18/20.		Nothing to report.
21		4 22-Set stations complete loaned to 86 (HAC) HAA Regt,RA and 5 to 99 HAA Regt,RA.
22		No Nothing to report.
23		Warning of airborne attack received. Regt stood to from 2300A hrs 23 Dec to 0840A hrs 24 Dec.
24		Nothing to report.
25		Xmas Day uneventful. General consensus of opinion was that it was the best Xmas dinner the Army had ever provided.
26	2323A	No. 4 det of 'D' Tp,373 Bty engaged JU 88 with 16 rounds. One hit observed.
		This was the first engagement of E/A since the Regt left the beach-head in August.
27/28.		Nothing to report.
29		One warning gun per Bty deployed to cover Western approaches to SCHELDT.
30/31.		Slight increase in E/A. 0452A hrs 31 Dec low-flying E/A approached from NW. 0500A hrs low flying E/A approached from SW. Impossible to engage as,
		in accordance with orders 12-sec tracer was loaded and the E/A were below minimum angle of sight - 10°. During the month an increase in long-range projectiles
		has been noticed - many overshooting the target.