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| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information | References to Appendices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSTENDE | 1 | Nothing unusual to report. No air activity | ||
| 2 | 0130 | Loud explosions in Dock Area. Turned out to be enemy torpedoes. No | ||
| permission to fire as CA granted | ||||
| 3 | Nothing unusual to report. | |||
| 4 | Submitted Weekly Intelligence Summary. | Appendix F.1 | ||
| 5 | Nothing unusual to report. | |||
| 6 | 1800 | Heavy AA Fire at aircraft which later dropped rec sigs. | ||
| 7 | Conditions on sites becoming bad owing to mud. Civilian labour being used | |||
| on site construction. | ||||
| 1600 | L.S.T. struck mine off coast - all sites watching for survivors. | |||
| 2100 | L.S.T. split in half - all sites still on watch for survivors. | |||
| 8 | Nothing unusual to report. Wreckage, bodies &c. from LST being washed | |||
| ashore. | ||||
| 9 | Picked up 30 more bodies from LST | |||
| 10 | Nothing unusual to report. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information | References to Appendices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSTENDE+ | 11 | Submitted Weekly Intelligence Summary. | Appx F.2. | |
| 12/15 | Nothing unusual to report. | |||
| 16 | Colecting new eqpt Radar AA No. 3.Mk.5 and Pred No. 10 from AOD ANTWERP | |||
| 17 | Setting up new eqpt. | |||
| 18 | Submitted Nil Int Report. | Appx.F.3. | ||
| 19/24 | Training on new eqpt. | |||
| 25 | Submitted Nil Int Report. | Appx.F.4. | ||
| 25 | Issued Movement Order S/8 att. In action on 3 sites with new egpt RADAR | Appx.D.1 , | ||
| AA No. 3.Mk.5 and Predictor No. 10 | ||||
| 26/27 | Nothing unusual to report. | |||
| 28 | Received Warning Order for movement from 75 AA Bde. | Appx.E.1. | ||
| 29 | Nothing unusual to report. | |||
| 30 | All sites in action with new Radars and Predictors. |
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