EXCERPT FROM THE FLIGHT LOG OF RECONNAISSANCE AND BOMBER FLIGHT

(History of the Hanko Group, T-22005, Military Archives of Finland)

3nd of December 1941

- Reconnaissance flight: 3.12.1941. Time: 09:00 - 10:35. 

- Observations: No ships spotted in Hanko. Seven fires spotted around the airfield. One big fire spotted in the area of Furuvik. Additionally several other fires spotted in the city and on its northern side. The total amount of fires is about twenty. Thick smoke is rising from the mid part of Tulliniemi. Otherwise the sea area between Porkkala - Bengtskär is empty from ships. AA-fire was fired against the plane from Tulliniemi.

- The structure 461 in practice cannot be found from the area. It might be that it has been located near of the gun position 45, a & b, but because of the state of that area, it is not possible to confirm the location of the structure. On the other hand, the observation and fire control nest, which has been marked nearby, can be still found. Next to the observation and fire control nest is a small single man shelter.

- The observation and fire control nest has been located in a tree, to which ladders still lead. However there is no construction visible at the tree top anymore, if there even has been any construction at the beginning.

- Observation from the tree in 1941. (Picture: The Finnish Defence Forces. Published 1942 in a book Hangö Belägras)