Info on actions Hafen Guernsey 14.6.1944

[Ian Jewison]

Gents,

Attached is a page from a Wehrpaß to a member of Hafenschutzflottille Kanalinseln. He was killed on the 14.6.1944 in the Port of Guernsey on a Hafenschutz Boot.

Currently the only references I can find to any action is an aerial attack by USAAC P-47 on St. Peter Port, Guernsey against U-275. No damage was sustained against the U-Boot however two crew aboard the Dutch ship Karel were killed and two injured.
However another source states:
17.15 hrs: U-275 was attacked by twelve British Typhoons from RAF Sqdn 263 when leaving the harbour of St. Peter Port, Guernsey. The U-boat was not damaged, but two of the escorting patrol vessels were. (Sources: BdU)

What is confusing is, the holder of the Wehrpaß is buried in Mont-de-Huisnes in France. Not sure how he got there, unless his body was not recovered and ended up drifting to France?

Any views, additional info would be greatly appreciated.

/Ian

[Ian Jewison]

Wehrpass

[Ian Jewison]

Grave location

[Polar bear]

hi, Ian,

What is confusing is, the holder of the Wehrpaß is buried in Mont-de-Huisnes in France. Not sure how he got there, unless his body was not recovered and ended up drifting to France?

According to the German War Graves Commission (Kriegsgräberfürsorge), the bodies of 11.956 dead German soldiers, women and children were transferred to Mont-de-Huisnes (as the central German war cemetery in the North-West of France) in 1961 from several cemeteries in the eight French departements Morbihan, Ille-et-Vilaine, Mayenne, Sarthe, Loir-et-Cher, Indre-et-Loire, Vienne, Indre, and from the Channel Islands.

greetings, the pb

[Ian Jewison]

Thanks Pb,

That explains a lot.....will dig into this a little further if I can. I had a glance through "The War in the Channel Islands. Then and Now" and did not see this incident recorded but there is a reference regarding graves.

/Ian