| Item title: | Aerial burst fused bombs, effects |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 12/30) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) publications |
| AJRP sub-series: | ATIS research reports |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 12/30 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 12/- |
| Item: | RR-49 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 2 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Information report |
Item content | |
| Creation date range (d/m/y): | 30/9/1943 to 10/10/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | BOMBS, EXPLOSIVE DEVICES, AERIAL OPERATIONS, AIR RAIDS, PARACHUTES |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | New Guinea [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] Papua [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) research report on Allied aerial burst fuzed bombs. The enquiry was received on 30 September 1943 and an answer despatched on 10 October 1943. The enquirer requested information from captured documents and interrogation reports on the effectiveness of aerial burst fuzed bombs (parachute bombs) after reports of the bombs having killed Japanese without leaving wounds and having caused warping and buckling of aircraft. The report lists seven references to parachute bombs between 12 September 1942 and 8 June 1943, but provides little detail on the nature or effectiveness of the bombs themselves. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:32 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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