| Item title: | Operation of Goertz bombsight, Model R |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/9) 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 enemy publications |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 5/9 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-110 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 8 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 29/3/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | BOMBERS, TECHNICAL MANUALS, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Sialum [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Fortification Point–Sio Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured from a crashed airplane at Sialum on 13 February 1944 during the Huon Peninsula campaigns. This item contains a reference manual entitled "Method of using Goertz bombsight, Model R" and provides information on methods of operation, checking, computing ground speed and altitude. It also contains tables and charts for computing initial angle and trail angle, and a sketch of the instrument panel. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:51 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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