The Pomme d’Or Hotel at the Weighbridge, St Helier, Jersey was the Headquarters of the Hafenkommandant (Senior German Naval Officer). This is where the Bailiff Alexander Coutanche met Generalmajor Wulf the Island Commander at 12 o’clock on 9th May 1945 and escorted him to an awaiting German pinnace at the harbour and out to HMS Beagle anchored in St Aubin’s Bay to meet with Brigadier Snow and the other British representatives.
Channel Islands Hotel Glategny Esplanade St Peter Port. Headquarters of the German Commandant 1940. The hotel was renamed the Savoy and later demolished.
The Pratt and Whitney R-2800-5 double Wasp engine from a B26 Marauder found south of Guernsey, 15 March 1962.
The aftermath of the bombing raid on 28th June 1940 with the burnt out tomato trucks littering the White Rock pier.
Smoke rises from burning vehicles shortly after a bombing raid on the White Rock in St Peter Port. The raid on the evening of 28th June 1940 resulted in 33 civilian dead. The parked tomato trucks were mistaken for military vehicles.
Smoke drifts from burning vehicles shortly after a bombing raid on the White Rock in St Peter Port. The raid on the evening of 28th June 1940 resulted in 33 civilian dead. The parked tomato trucks were mistaken for military vehicles.
The burnt out weighbridge in St Peter Port following the bombing of the harbour on the evening of 28th June 1940.