| Instructions regarding War Diaries and Intelligence
Summaries are contained in F.S. Regs., Vol. 1.
and the Staff Manual respectively Title pages
will be prepared in manuscript. |
WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY |
Army Form C.2118 |
| Unit: 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards. | ||
| Month and Year: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. R.G. Byron |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 1400 | “B” Squadron escorting DCLI to new position further SE to form a defence flank facing ELST. This move was made with no enemy opposition. The Luftwaffe turned out about fifty planes, all fighters, FW 190 and ME 109s though they did not attack our positions, but were seen machine gunning what appeared to be the Airborne Div. positions. It was proved later that most of their efforts were directed to shooting up a wood which had a Parachute caught on top of a tree which they evidently thought marked the British positions. In actual fact it was in enemy ground. A number of these fighters were shot down during the day by our Spitfires. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.
Disclaimer: This War Diary is based on its original, but typos might be corrected. Locations are calculated, so might not be in the correct place. For historical research, always check the originals.
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