1943 German raid on the Isle of Wight
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2017 5:18 pm
Last year a book was published about an alleged German commando raid in the summer of 1943 launched from Alderney with Ventnor radar station on the Isle of Wight as the target. The purpose of the raid was to seize the cathode ray tubes and other equipment to help the Germans counteract Allied radar.
The fact that there is no official record on this - on either side - is explained by the use of the Official Secrets Act.
There is also a suggestion that this raid was an SOE operation using men dressed in German uniforms on a practice raid.
Have other forum members come across this?
In particular I was wondering if there was any independent corroboration for this raid.
The only documented German commando raid launched from the Channel Islands was the raid on Granville on the Cotentin peninsula in March 1945.
The fact that there is no official record on this - on either side - is explained by the use of the Official Secrets Act.
There is also a suggestion that this raid was an SOE operation using men dressed in German uniforms on a practice raid.
Have other forum members come across this?
In particular I was wondering if there was any independent corroboration for this raid.
The only documented German commando raid launched from the Channel Islands was the raid on Granville on the Cotentin peninsula in March 1945.